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We fight against oppression. We stand with social justice activists and communities under threat. We use the power of the law to achieve justice for all. ccrjustice.org

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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 28/09/2026
According to the latest federal monitor report, 13 years after the historic decision that ruled stop and frisk unconstitutional, the NYPD still fails to accurately document Terry stops (i.e. stop and frisk). "Persistent underreporting reflects an ongoing lack of accountability," reads the report.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 25/09/2026
Three years into the genocide in Gaza, Netanyahu will duck in and out of the U.S., a wanted criminal and blood-soaked pariah.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 17/09/2026
We stand in solidarity with Prof. Erakat and join her and South Florida residents in calling on Palm Beach County officials to end its $1 billion in Israeli bonds investments—money that is used to murder Palestinians.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 17/09/2026
Yesterday our board member, Prof. Noura Erakat, was arrested while joining 100 South Florida residents to give comments against Israel Bonds during the public Palm Beach County Budget hearing.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 10/09/2026
We're hiring! Donor Relations Officer - apply by 9/22! Policy Advocacy Associate - apply by 10/6! Ella Baker Summer Interns - apply by 9/29! More details on each role and information on how to apply at bit.ly/ccr-jobs. No phone calls please!
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 09/09/2026
It's been 25 years since 9/11. 25 years of a “war on terror” rooted in white supremacy, patriarchy, colonialism, and Christian nationalism. Every administration since – Bush, Obama, and Biden – has contributed to this impunity, and we are paying with Trump's admin. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 01/09/2026
FREE: Join us TOMORROW as we discuss the merger of the war on drugs and the war on terror, and how it's been used to justify abuse of governmental power (including Trump's boat strike murders) while distracting from the gutting of lifesaving public health services. bit.ly/War-On-Drugs-Sept
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 15/08/2026
Join us and the Highlander Center on Friday, August 21, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a screening at Hayti Heritage Center of the landmark 1972 film Sambizanga, followed by a group discussion moderated by cultural organizer Marcella Zigbuo Camara of Second Daughter Cinema.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 06/08/2026
In a victory for academic freedom, University of Minnesota reaches settlement with holocaust scholar Dr. Raz Segal whose job offer was pulled for penning a groundbreaking op-ed on Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. More: ccrjustice.org/home/press-center
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 24/07/2026
📣 We’re hiring! 📣 We’re currently hiring legal interns for the fall semester.
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“Legal Intern

Remote with possibility of in-person hybrid placement

The intern will spend 12-20 hours per week between September and December 2026 assisting attorneys on projects.
Responsibilities may include: assisting in legal research and writing; pertorming factual research; reviewing and indexing document productions; assisting in writing reports and engaging in advocacy; preparing correspondence with clients, community members, partners, and more; and assisting with hearing, trial, and discovery preparation.

Salary range of $2,200-$7,500”
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 16/07/2026
Yesterday we filed a landmark case under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil, who is suing the Trump administration officials and three anti-Palestinian private organizations that conspired to deprive him of his constitutional rights. Artist and advocate Cynthia Nixon joined us.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 14/07/2026
FILED! One year after his arrest, Mahmoud Khalil is responding with a landmark lawsuit against senior Trump administration officials and three anti-Palestinian groups: the Heritage Foundation, Canary Mission, and Betar. Learn more: bit.ly/mahmoud-v-heritage-filed
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 01/07/2026
NEW ZINE: Everything Rots in the Empire is a small contribution to our movement archive: a counter-narrative piece that unsettles the myth-making of the United States as it marks 250 years this weekend. READ: ccrjustice.org/everything-rots-empire
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 30/06/2026
Our response to the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing states to ban trans youth and some intersex youth from participating in school sports:
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 26/06/2026
This week's SCOTUS decision gives the policy that turned away 1000s of people seeking asylum at the border, forcing them back into danger without the chance to seek the asylum process. Senior Staff Attorney Angelo Guisado reminds us that behind this SCOTUS decisions are real people.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 25/06/2026
In response to today’s Supreme Court ruling denying jurisdiction over certain claims challenging termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and Syria, we released the following statement:
The background is a photo of the United States Supreme Court. The text on top in white says In response to SCOTUS ruling denying jurisdiction over certain claims challenging termination of TPS for Haiti and Syria

Below that paragraph it says A statement from attorneys of immigrants challenging Trump’s termination of TPS for Yemen
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 25/06/2026
We're devastated but remain undeterred. Today's SCOTUS decision overturns immigration laws that, for 100+ years, have required gov't officials to inspect anyone presenting themselves at designated ports of entry. Asylum saves lives. We'll keep fighting to protect families seeking asylum.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 24/06/2026
In response to the recent sentencing of the Prairieland defendants, we released the following statement:
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 17/06/2026
📣 We’re hiring! 📣 We’re currently hiring a staff attorney to work on our Southern based case work. Visit bit.ly/ccr-jobs for more info and to apply.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 12/05/2026
NYPDPC indefensibly refused to #FireJonathanRivera for killing #AllanFeliz – even after her own deputy commish found him GUILTY. Stand with Allan’s family in court as they sue to make sure repeat offender Rivera is finally FIRED! 📍71 Thomas ⏰May 14 @ 9:30 am bit.ly/rsvp-feliz
A flyer with the family of Allan Feliz. At the top it says Stand with the Felizs in red block letters. Below the title it shares the background of the killing of Allan Feliz by Lt. Rivera and the support needed in suing Commish Tisch

In white below the summer it says Join Allan’s family in court for oral arguments in Feliz v Tisch. Below that it says May 14 9:30AM 71 Thomas St. bit.ly/rsvp-feliz. And at the bottom are the logos of the different orgs and their legal counsel
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 28/04/2026
“As a mother and an educator, I am living a harrowing struggle between my dream of securing my children’s future and a dire reality that threatens our very existence,” said Hadeel Doe, an anonymous plaintiff in the case and a mother and educator from Michigan.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 17/04/2026
Yesterday we were in court with our co-counsel at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (@aaldef.bsky.social) on behalf of a class of Yemeni immigrants requesting an emergency order to prevent the Trump administration’s termination of TPS for Yemen from going into effect.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 09/02/2026
BREAKING: A federal district court today when it ruled that groups representing residents of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley can proceed with their landmark lawsuit, stating: "Plaintiffs describe a land use pattern that quite literally originated in slavery." Learn more: ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 29/01/2026
The Center for Constitutional Rights endorses the national shutdown January 30, 2026. Read our statement from our executive director, Vince Warren here: ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 29/01/2026
“This reeks of systemic racism,” says Inclusive Louisiana’s Gail LeBoeuf at a press conference moments after a federal court heard arguments in our case challenging St. James Parish’s discriminatory land use system, which concentrates petrochemical plants in majority-Black neighborhoods.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 02/01/2026
To @en.france24.com’s François Picard, Executive Director Vince Warren says that now is the time to focus on protecting individuals, organizations, and movements exercising their First Amendment right to dissent, and resist the Trump admin’s attempts at an authoritarian takeover.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 27/12/2025
On @en.france24.com, Executive Director Vince Warren warns that under the threat of authoritarianism—elections and litigation won’t be enough. Against Trump and allies’ attempts to undermine institutions and consolidate power, civil society and legislators must take a stand.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 19/12/2025
Last week, Executive Director Vince Warren was on France 24 discussing the accelerating authoritarian push and cruelty in the US, and the Warner Bros bids and how media mergers are not just commercial transactions when occurring under such an administration.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 17/12/2025
Breaking: Members of Gullah Geechee community on St. Helena Island urged Court to restore access to sacred cemetery blocked by private landowners. Residents requested an injunction against landowners; court denies landowners’ motion to dismiss the case. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 15/12/2025
PACK THE COURTS! Tomorrow, we will be in court with members of the Gullah Geechee community on St. Helena Island in South Carolina urging a county court judge to restore, for a temporary period, their access to their local community’s centuries-old cemetery.
At the top in block letters it says Join us Big House Cemetery Committee v. Aigner. Below is a photo of several fists raised with a red filter. In the top left corner of the photo is the center for constitutional rights logo in white. Below the photo is text in white that says 

For more than a century Gullah / Geechee people of St. Helena have maintained Big House Cemetery as a place to visit ancestors and bury loved ones. Yet for over a year the road to the cemetery has been blocked by new arrivals who put up gates. Please attend our court hearing in to support the community as we fight to regain public access to the cemetery.

Below that paragraph on the left it says date and time, Tuesday, December 16, 9:30am. On the right it says location, Beaufort county courthouse. At the bottom below a thin white line it says for more information ccrjustice.org/ccr-south
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 10/12/2025
On Human Rights Day, we look beyond a failing system.
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Below that, the text in white says on human rights day, we look beyond a failing system with "beyond" circled in red.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 09/12/2025
Tomorrow at 6:30pm Executive Director Vince Warren will join a panel during the Black Policy Lab's 2025 annual conference to discuss ongoing threats to the Voting Rights Act and constitutional protections, questioning whether current strategies are enough to meet this moment.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 04/12/2025
Today, a federal judge permanently enjoined a portion of a Georgia law banning gender dysphoria treatment in prison, finding that its blanket ban on hormone therapy violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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The text in white on the top, highlighted in red, says Georgia. Below, the text in white capital letters says federal judge strikes down Georgia law banning gender dysphoria treatment in prison. At the bottom right is the center for constitutional rights logo in white.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 03/12/2025
After 243 days in ICE detention, activist and whistleblower Alma Bowman is home. Alma was finally released from the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, two days before Thanksgiving, and reunited with her family after spending eight months detained by ICE.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 01/12/2025
In response to reports that President Trump has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, and what appears to be the increasingly likely use of force on land in addition to the many unlawful killings at sea, we issued the following statement:
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 14/11/2025
Victory! After nearly three years in ICE detention, Melika Olya, a 23-year-old Iranian woman and asylum seeker was released today.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 07/11/2025
WATCH: This morning, we co-sponsored a side event in Geneva examining recent developments around the U.S. refusal to participate in the UN Universal Period Review, which has raised concern among advocates, journalists, and local leaders. www.youtube.com/live/hjNnVjq...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 04/11/2025
Peter Weiss (1925-2025) The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Peter Weiss, the visionary human rights lawyer, our beloved mentor and friend, and our long-time vice president, who served on our board for nearly five decades. ccrjustice.org/home/blog/20...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 03/11/2025
Last week, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Trump administration with our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social demanding information on ICE and CBP’s use of Israeli surveillance tools against US citizens. Staff attorney Samah Sisay shares more in the video below.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 29/10/2025
On Saturday, November 8, at 6:00 p.m. CT, we’ll be hosting a free screening of ”Born In Flames” by Lizzie Borden at ILÉ ÌFÉ, in New Orleans in collaboration with the Highlander Center.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 28/10/2025
Intersex rights are human rights. Intersex Awareness Week recognizes the diversity of people born with variations in their sex traits, and their right to health, dignity and freedom. #WhyWeShowUp #IntersexAwarenessWeek
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 02/10/2025
“The Trump administration’s campaign to silence nonprofits is a brazen assault on the First Amendment and the very fabric of democratic governance. The Center for Constitutional Rights stands shoulder to shoulder with our fellow defenders of justice: we will not be intimidated ...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 02/10/2025
We joined 3,700+ nonprofits who've signed a powerful letter condemning the Trump administration’s illegal attacks on civil society. We will not be intimidated or silenced. READ: bit.ly/3700strong
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 01/10/2025
📢 We're Hiring! Applications are open for the next cohort of Justice Fellows.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 04/09/2025
We're back with out FIFTH webinar in our FOIA and Fight Back! series. Please join us to discuss how to use Open Records requests in Mississippi to support local and national advocacy, media, litigation, and movement organizing campaigns. Register at: bit.ly/foia-sept18.
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Below the line it says FOIA & fight back in white. And below that it says Please join us for a webinar to discuss how to use Open Records requests in Mississippi to support local and national advocacy, media, litigation, and movement organizing campaigns. Below this are three headshots from left to right of D. Korbin Felder, justice fellow, Emily Early, associate director of the Southern office, and Ian Head, open records project manager.

Below their headshots it says in white Thursday, September 18, 4 pm CT. RSVP: bit.ly/foia-sept18
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 03/09/2025
📢 We're Hiring! Applications are now open for the 2026 Ella Baker Summer Internship Program!
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 18/08/2025
Follow @justicecommittee.bsky.social to learn more!
Flyer for a rally for Allan Feliz on Wednesday August 20 at 12pm at 1 Police Plaza. Below a photo of Allan Feliz’s family members and supporters marching and holding a banner that reads “Fire Jonathan Rivera”, text reads “Join the Feliz family to tell Commissioner Tisch to stop protecting killer cop Rivera!”
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 15/08/2025
Please join us, the Friends of the Congo, and the Global Justice Clinic at NYU School of Law for a teach-in about the ongoing, deliberate destabilization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
This is an event flyer. The background is gray with red illustrations at the top left and bottom right. The text at the top in white says what is at stake in the Congo? Peace, Climate, and Global Black Solidarity.In the middle left it says "Join us for a Black August teach-in about the ongoing, deliberate destabilization of the DRC, the fight for Congolese self-determination and other Black freedom struggles worldwide." In the middle right is a headshot of Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo. Below it says August 26, 2025 | 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. ET | NYU Furman Hall. Space is limited. RSVP Here: bit.ly/FOTC-teachin. At the bottom from left to right are the logos for CCR, NYU Global Justice Clinic, and Friends of the Congo
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 06/08/2025
Please join us for a webinar to discuss how to use Open Records requests in Georgia to support local and national advocacy, media, litigation, and movement organizing campaigns.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 31/07/2025
We joined 60+ organizations from #Haiti, #France & beyond to call on Emmanuel Macron to acknowledge & repay the “independence ransom” France extorted from Haiti 200 years ago. It is time for justice & reparations! Sign on here: rb.gy/yb3hhf
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