January 26, 2013, Newark, New Jersey - Yesterday evening, the plaintiffs in Hassan, et al. v. City of New York , the federal lawsuit challenging the New York City Police Department’s...
March 19, 2013, Boston and New York – Last night, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), without...
April 17, 2013, New York – Today, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) rejected claims in a lawsuit by the Center for Constitutional Rights challenging government secrecy around the...
June 10, 2013, New York— Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit brought against President Barack Obama, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), and the heads of...
Boston, July 22, 2013 – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights appealed the dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) as a violation of the...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren to speak about "The Case Against Shell" Come hear Vince Warren speak about our case against Shell for serious human rights violations in Nigeria. Learn...
New Jersey Muslims Commend Ruling Affirming Their Constitutional Rights October 13, 2015, Philadelphia – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a comprehensive and stirring...
The Supreme Court declined to take up a case from a convicted murderer Tuesday who argues that Virginia's practice requiring solitary confinement for death row inmates violates his rights under the...
New Jersey Muslims Commend Ruling Affirming Their Constitutional Rights October 13, 2015, Philadelphia – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a comprehensive and stirring...
It was supposed to be a crucial part of Barack Obama’s plan to close Guantánamo Bay. But frustrated officials say the special review board designed to speed up the closure of the detention camp in...