Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Federal Court Again Blocks Trump-Era Asylum Transit Ban A federal court has again blocked a Trump administration ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through a third country en route to the United States, with very limited exceptions. The lawsuit, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr, was filed by the... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, February 03, 2021 Lawsuit Filed Over Migrant Deaths at U.S.-Mexico Border Today, as the humanitarian-aid group No More Deaths and community organization La Coalición de Derechos Humanos released the third installment of their “Disappeared” report about the ongoing crisis of death and disappearance along the U.S.-Mexico border, No More Deaths and the Center for... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 21, 2021 Fordham Students Seek Appeal of Ruling Allowing Prohibition of Students for Justice in Palestine Club Today, civil rights groups asked the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State, to hear an appeal of a ruling that allows Fordham University to censor student speech. The petition comes in a lawsuit brought by Fordham students prohibited by the university from forming a... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Women in Sanctuary File Lawsuit Against ICE to Challenge Retaliatory and Excessive Civil Fines Four women living in sanctuary, along with Austin Sanctuary Network (ASN) and Free Migration Project (FMP), filed a lawsuit on Tuesday suing U.S. immigration agencies and officials for targeting sanctuary leaders with retaliatory and excessive civil fines. Each of the plaintiffs is a leader in the... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Court Blocks Trump Administration Attempt to Thwart Court Order Protecting Asylum Seekers Today, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the Trump administration’s latest attempt to prevent asylum seekers from accessing the U.S. asylum process. The order blocks a rule, issued in December and set to take effect on January 19, that sought to circumvent an... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 14, 2021 Praise for AG’s New Lawsuit Against NYPD Over BLM Protests In response to today’s announcement that New York Attorney General Letitia James will file a case against the NYPD for rampant police violence against New Yorkers, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren issued the following statement: "This past summer, the NYPD responded... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, January 11, 2021 Guantánamo Advocates Condemn 19th Anniversary of Indefinite Detention On the 19th anniversary of the transfer of the first Muslim men to Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: Today marks the beginning of the 20th shameful year of Muslim men being unlawfully imprisoned at Guantánamo. Even in a national landscape of brutal and... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda In response to Uganda’s detention of four human rights defenders, including attorney Nicholas Opiyo, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: Our colleague and partner Nicholas Opiyo has taken on some of the most political and principled cases in Uganda, tirelessly... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Immigrant Rights Attorneys Sue DHS and ICE for Information on Terror Tactics Used in Arrests The Immigrant Defense Project and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit today against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to demand access to arrest records and related information for a wave of ICE... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, December 10, 2020 Supreme Court Unanimous: American Muslims Placed on No-Fly List for Refusing to Spy on Their Communities Can Sue FBI Agents for Damages Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that American Muslims who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List in retaliation for refusing to spy on their communities may sue individual FBI agents for interfering with their freedom to practice their religion. The men initially sued to be... Read more |