“It was torture,” TCP's independent, bipartisan, blue-ribbon Task Force on Detainee Treatment concluded in a report released April 16, 2013. The group looked at the federal government's policies and actions related to the detention and treatment of suspected terrorists captured in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere and held in U.S. custody during the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. Read More...

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Defending Gideon

TCP’s 6th Annual Gala

On April 18, 2013, The Constitution Project held its 6th Annual Constitutional Champions Gala observing the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Gideon v. Wainwright. As part of the occasion, TCP honored four luminaries connected to the historic case: Abe Krash, Bruce Jacob, Walter Mondale, and Anthony Lewis. The event also included a tribute to Mr. Lewis, who passed away in March. View a video of the event…
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