Surveillance and Attacks on Dissent

U.S. military and civilian officers monitoring station.

CCR represents demonstrators who have been wrongfully arrested and movements that have been infiltrated and spied on. For decades, the U.S. government has engaged in unlawful surveillance and attempted to expand Executive powers to monitor and intimidate activists, from the Black Panthers in the 1960’s and 70’s to the Central America Solidarity Movement in the 80’s to administration critics today. The right to dissent, for activists and citizens to protest government practices, is a right our nation’s founders recognized as one of the most fundamental and necessary liberties for a democratic society.

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Abolish the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA)

The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) threatens free speech as part of a larger effort by…

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Santa Delivers 37,000+ Constitutions to Bush

37,000 Americans asked CCR to send a copy of the U.S. Constitution to George W. Bush as an early holiday present in the hope that he might actually read it. Santa made the trip down from the…

Video: Danny Glover "Rescue the Constitution"

Danny Glover appears in the CCR ad condemning the Bush Administration's disregaurd for the constitution.

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Wilner v. National Security Agency (NSA)

Wilner v. NSA is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking records of any NSA surveillance gathered on 16 attorneys who represent detainees at Guantánamo.

Killmon, et al. v. City of Miami, et al.

Killmon, et al. v. City of Miami, et al. is a lawsuit brought on behalf of 21 activists to challenge the government’s assault on the civil rights of protesters through a deliberate and coordinated disruption…

CCR and Guantánamo Habeas Attorneys Believe Government Is Illegally Spying on Them Without a Warrant

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U.S. Human Rights Network National Conference

The US Human Rights Network is made up of organizations and individuals working to bring the United States into compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognized human rights instruments by applying the standards and principles… Read More >>

United States v. United States District Court

United States v. United States District Court, briefed and argued before the Supreme Court by CCR in February 1972, arose out of a federal conspiracy prosecution in which the government admitted wiretapping the defendant without a warrant. Read More >>

United States v. Union Nacional de Trabajadores

United States v. Union Nacional de Trabajadores is a lawsuit that grew out of National Labor Relations Board v. Union Nacional de Trabajadores. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed the suit on behalf of the Puerto Rican Union Nacional… Read More >>