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.

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

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

Our response to the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing states to ban trans youth and some intersex youth from participating in school sports:

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.

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:

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.

In response to the recent sentencing of the Prairieland defendants, we released the following statement:

📣 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.

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

“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.

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.

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...

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...

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

On Human Rights Day, we look beyond a failing system.

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.

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.

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.

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:

Victory! After nearly three years in ICE detention, Melika Olya, a 23-year-old Iranian woman and asylum seeker was released today.

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...

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...

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.

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.