March in the Ninth Ward to Congo Square marking anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
CCR was born out of the Civil Rights movement, and racial, gender and economic justice have been cornerstones of our docket throughout our history. From pioneering pro-choice and anti-domestic violence cases, to fighting employment discrimination and racial profiling, CCR finds innovative ways to challenge the status quo and support activists and movements engaged around these central questions of injustice.
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The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 will authorize $662 billion dollars for US…
This week marked a new low in the efforts of the 1% to suppress dissent.
"Speaking from Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights says New York City’s efforts to displace Occupy Wall Street protesters in order to clean the park violates their First…
Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al. is a federal class action lawsuit filed against the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's…
Amici consist of community groups, civil rights organizations, and immigrant justice organizations. They contend that the Second Circuit has both violated the ordinary remand rule and, in doing so, interfered with the Ragbir’s fundamental right…
OVERPOLICED AND UNDERPROTECTED: Women, Race, and Criminalization Engaging scholars from various disciplines, as well as practitioners and community activists, to interrogate how criminalization of women and girls is mediated through the intersection of race, class, and gender. Sponsored by Skadden Arps, Slate,… Read More >>
In 1999, CCR filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to challenge the NYPD’s policy of conducting stop-and-frisks without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity as required by the Fourth Amendment.… Read More >>
Wright v. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, et al. is a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), together with attorneys from the National Conference of Black Lawyers and the National Lawyers Guild, that challenged the constitutionality… Read More >>
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