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 Wednesday, January 08, 2020 Court Denies Trump Request to Lift Last Remaining Nationwide “Public Charge” Injunction Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order denying the government’s request for a stay of the preliminary injunction blocking a Department of Homeland Security rule that would dramatically change the rules on public charge from going into effect. The injunction issued by the S.D.N.Y... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, January 06, 2020 Close Guantánamo, End Torture On the 18th anniversary of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, Witness Against Torture, Amnesty International USA, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, and others will join together to rally for justice and demand the closure of Guantánamo and... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, December 19, 2019 Immigrant Rights Advocates in New York File First Federal Lawsuit to Jointly Block Three Interrelated “Public Charge” Immigration Rules Today, immigrant rights advocates in New York filed Make the Road New York v. Pompeo , the first federal lawsuit seeking to jointly block three interrelated “Public Charge” rules promulgated by the Trump administration. These rules seek, independently and together, to wholly transform the United... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Attorneys Urge Court to Change Ground Rules for Guantánamo Cases Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights urged a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling against Abdul Razak Ali (aka Saeed Bakhouch ), who has been detained at Guantánamo without charge since June 2002, and to rule more broadly that the fundamental protections of... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 04, 2019 Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Secretive ALEC Meeting Today, lawyers and advocates from Puente, Mijente, Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance, Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the People's Law Firm filed a lawsuit against Arizona lawmakers who are participating in closed meetings of the corporate-led... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Federal Court Blocks Trump Asylum Ban from Being Applied to Thousands of Asylum Seekers A federal judge today blocked the Trump administration’s asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process before the ban was implemented. The case is Al Otro Lado v. Wolf , a class action lawsuit brought by the... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Shift on Israeli Settlements Violates Norms Established at Nuremberg, Human Rights Attorneys Say In response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will reject well established, clear and unambiguous international legal standards recognizing the illegality of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 05, 2019 Israel Supreme Court Upholds Deportation of Human Rights Defender: Rights Attorneys Respond In response to today’s decision by Israel’s Supreme Court upholding the order for human rights defender Omar Shakir, of Human Rights Watch, to leave Israel, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: The Israeli court's decision to allow the deportation of human rights... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, October 11, 2019 Judge Blocks "Public Charge" Immigration Rule From Going Into Effect Today, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule, which was scheduled to go into effect on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. The rule would have radically transformed the test for determining whether someone might become a “public charge” and impose an unprecedented... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 07, 2019 Immigrant Rights Groups in Court to Halt Public Charge Rule Immigrant rights groups appeared today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Make the Road New York v Cuccinelli - litigation brought last month challenging the Trump administration’s unilateral and unconstitutional changes to “public charge.” Plaintiffs today... Read more |