The Center for Constitutional Rights and cooperating lawyers filed Rasul v. Bush on behalf of Guantánamo detainees. The action challenged the attempt to hold foreign prisoners outside ordinary...
The US Supreme Court ruled that federal courts had jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of foreign nationals’ detention at Guantánamo. The decision reversed a major barrier faced by...
In Boumediene v. Bush, the US Supreme Court held that Guantánamo detainees had a constitutional right to habeas corpus and that the existing substitute review process was inadequate. Detainees and...
A federal court found constitutional violations in New York City's stop-and-frisk practices, including racial discrimination. The court ordered a monitor and a reform process involving affected...