News
3/5/2010
3/2/2010
3/1/2010
Constitution Project Welcomes Supreme Court Order Vacating Decision of Appeals Court in Uighurs Case
2/26/2010
Constitution Project Applauds DOJ Initiative to Improve Indigent Defense
2/26/2010
2/19/2010
OPR Report Furthers the Call for Commission of Inquiry
2/19/2010
2/18/2010
Constitution Project Organizes Amicus Brief in Support of Charles Dean Hood Cert Petition
2/17/2010
Event Summary: Free Speech, Human Rights & Counterterrorism Laws
1/29/2010
1/27/2010
1/22/2010
1/22/2010
One Year and Counting: When and How Will Guantanamo Close?
1/19/2010
1/11/2010
1/11/2010
Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece by Bob Barr: Prosecute Christmas bomber in federal court
1/11/2010
Constitution Project Marks Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Anniversary
1/7/2010
Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece by Bob Barr: Critics of Obama way off base on this one
1/5/2010
The Atlantic magazine opinion piece by Mickey Edwards: The Unbelievers
12/15/2009
Constitution Project Welcomes Enhanced Transparency Recommendations from Obama Administration
12/15/2009
12/14/2009
Constitution Project Committee Member Briefs Michigan on Urgently Needed Indigent Defense Reforms
12/11/2009
Constitution Project Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of Uighurs' Court-Ordered Release
12/8/2009
Constitution Project Representatives Urge Congress to Restore Habeas Corpus for Death Penalty Cases
12/4/2009
Summary of The Guantanamo Lawyers book event
12/2/2009
Summary from Immigration Detention: Give Detainees Fair Hearings event
12/2/2009
11/30/2009
11/30/2009
11/23/2009
Constitution Project Files Amicus Brief on First Amendment in U.S. Supreme Court
11/17/2009
Constitution Project Releases Report on Reforming Material Support Statutes
11/13/2009
11/13/2009
11/10/2009
TheConservatives.com OpEd by Bob Barr: Beyond Guantanamo
11/6/2009
Jurist OpEd by Stephen Abraham: Beyond Guantanamo
11/4/2009
Huffington Post blog post by Virginia Sloan: Beyond Guantanamo
11/4/2009
Over 120 Prominent Americans Propose Post-Guantanamo Plan
10/28/2009
Swine Flu: A Danger to Your Rights as Well as Your Health?
10/28/2009
Constitution Project Welcomes Law Allowing Transfer of Detainees into U.S. For Prosecution
10/20/2009
USA PATRIOT Amendments Act Welcomed by the Constitution Project
10/20/2009
Constitution Project Welcomes Supreme Court's Decision to Hear Uighur Detention Case
9/30/2009
Photos from Ronald Goldfarb Book Event
9/24/2009
Advocacy Groups Urge Legislative Action on State Secrets
9/23/2009
Constitution Project Applauds First Steps in New State Secrets Policy
9/23/2009
Senate Judiciary Committee Addresses Patriot Act Reform
9/22/2009
Constitution Project Releases Statement on Reforming the Patriot Act
9/17/2009
The Constitution Project Celebrates Constitution Day
9/16/2009
Charles Hood Appeal Dismissed by Texas Criminal Court
8/24/2009
8/17/2009
Constitution Project Applauds Supreme Court Order That Troy Davis Case Be Reheard
8/13/2009
Washington Post LTE from Sharon Bradford Franklin Opposing the Creation of a National Security Court
8/10/2009
Attorney General May Be Close to Appointing Special Prosecutor
8/3/2009
Guantanamo Detainees Should be Transferred to U.S. for Prosecution by Federal Courts
7/28/2009
Congress Continues to Debate Military Commissions
7/23/2009
Wall Street Journal LTE by Judge William S. Sessions on Habeas Rights of Bagram Detainees
7/16/2009
7/16/2009
Restarting Flawed Military Commissions Will Endanger National Security
7/16/2009
Constitution Project and POGO Release Handbooks on Congressional Oversight Authority
7/14/2009
Mandatory Minimums Fail to Achieve Justice
7/10/2009
7/7/2009
Constitution Project Warns Against Revival of Failed Military Commissions
6/29/2009
Constitution Project Decries Consideration of Preventive Detention by the Obama Administration
6/25/2009
Attorney General Holder Highlights Constitution Project Report
6/18/2009
Effectiveness of Criminal Justice System Diminished by Today's Supreme Court Decision
6/15/2009
Constitution Project Applauds Bermuda for Welcoming Uighurs
6/12/2009
Constitution Project Dismayed By Department of Justice Request for Review of State Secrets Case
6/10/2009
Constitution Project Welcomes the End of Unlawful Detention of the Uighurs
6/9/2009
Constitution Project Welcomes Transfer of Detainee Into Federal Judicial System to Face Charges
6/9/2009
“Prolonged Detention” Would Continue Ruinous Policies of Guantanamo, Says Constitution Project
6/4/2009
6/4/2009
5/29/2009
Constitution Project and Prominent Conservatives Call for Release of Uighurs From Guantanamo
5/26/2009
Constitution Project Reissues Recommendations for Ideological Consideration in Judicial Nominations
5/21/2009
The Constitution Project Joins President Obama's Call to Depoliticize National Security
5/15/2009
President Obama To Revive Flawed Military Commissions
5/7/2009
Constitution Project Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Hear Uighur Detention Case
4/30/2009
Secretary Gates Hints at Establishing Indefinite Detention on U.S. Soil
4/28/2009
4/28/2009
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Overbroad State Secrets Claim by Federal Government
4/22/2009
Senate Report Furthers the Need for Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry
4/21/2009
Constitution Project Welcomes New Director of Communications and Outreach
4/14/2009
Constitution Project Releases Right to Counsel Report
4/14/2009
Right to Counsel Report Launch Event, April 14
4/2/2009
4/2/2009
Constitution Project Salutes Supreme Court Ruling Guaranteeing Counsel in Clemency Proceedings
4/2/2009
4/2/2009
Constitution Project's Constitutional Champion Awards Dinner, April 2, 2009
3/27/2009
3/23/2009
Ambassador Pickering and Judge Sessions Call For Commission to Investigate Post 9-11 Detainee Policy
3/20/2009
3/19/2009
CP Joins Call To End Ideological Exclusion in Visa Applications
3/6/2009
Constitution Project Hails Supreme Court Order to Vacate Lower Court Enemy Combatant Ruling
3/4/2009
3/3/2009
Scholars and Military Experts Call for Presidential Commission on Post-9/11 Detention Policy
2/27/2009
Constitution Project Applauds Administration's Decision To Criminally Prosecute al-Marri
2/25/2009
2/24/2009
2/19/2009
Constitution Project Joins Call for Investigation of Post 9-11 Detainee Policies
2/18/2009
Constitution Project Disappointed by D.C. Circuit Ruling in Uighurs Case
2/11/2009
Constitution Project Commends Introduction Of State Secret Protection Act
2/7/2009
Constitution Project Urges A.G. to Abandon Overbroad Secrecy Claims
1/27/2009
High Court Must End Al-Marri's Indefinite Detention
1/14/2009
Constitution Project Participates in human rights summit hosted by CCR
12/5/2008
Constitution Project Applauds Supreme Court Cert. Grant in al-Marri case
11/24/2008
Statement on Today's Hearing Concerning the Uighurs
11/20/2008
Administration Should Release Uighurs
11/20/2008
Constitution Project Releases Statement Calling for the Release of the Uighurs
11/18/2008
Coalition Releases Liberty and Security Policy Roadmap
11/17/2008
11/6/2008
Coalition Releases Criminal Justice Policy Roadmap
10/31/2008
Detention of Uighurs is Unconstitutional
10/23/2008
Supreme Court Should Examine Post-9/11 Domestic Detention
10/14/2008
Supreme Court Ruling a Miscarriage of Justice: Decision Permits Execution of Troy Davis
9/19/2008
Constitution Project Welcomes New Director of Communications
9/16/2008
Senate Hears Bipartisan Call to Restore Rule of Law on Eve of Constitution Day
9/15/2008
The Constitution Project files amicus brief in Harbison v. Bell
7/31/2008
7/8/2008
Bipartisan War Powers Committee Disappointed in Final Report of Baker-Christopher Commission
7/7/2008
Judge Patricia Wald to Receive 2008 ABA Medal
6/30/2008
St. Petersburg Times features article, "Justice System Fails on Many Fronts" by Gerald Kogan
6/25/2008
Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Non-Homicide Rape
6/23/2008
Blue Ribbon Committee Condemns National Security Courts
6/12/2008
Supreme Court Affirms Habeas Rights of Americans Detained in Iraq
6/12/2008
Constitution Project Welcomes Supreme Court's Restoration of Habeas Corpus
6/3/2008
5/19/2008
CP President Named Champion of Law
5/9/2008
Coalition Urges Council to Strip Funding for Centralized DC Camera Network
4/16/2008
4/3/2008
Constitution Project Decries State Secrets Reform Veto Threat
4/1/2008
3/25/2008
Constitution Project Seeks Nominations for Constitutional Commentary Award
3/19/2008
3/17/2008
Constitution Project Disappointed in Denial of New Hearing for Troy Anthony Davis
2/28/2008
Constitution Project Files Brief to Protect Habeas Rights for Americans Detained in Iraq
2/13/2008
Legal Experts Urge Senate to Reform State Secrets Privilege
2/13/2008
Transcript of Panel Discussion of State Secrets Privilege Now Available
1/29/2008
Constitution Project Welcomes Oversight of State Secrets Privilege
1/22/2008
Constitution Project Applauds Action To Reform State Secrets Privilege
1/9/2008
Video and Transcript of Kogan Testimony on California Death Penalty Now Available
12/18/2007
Strickland Conference With Keynote by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Webcast Now Available
12/13/2007
Constitution Project Welcomes Renewed Death Penalty Debate as New Jersey Abolishes
12/9/2007
Constitution Project Mourns Passing of Policy Advisory Committee Member Helen Wright
12/5/2007
Conservative Leaders Call for Habeas Restoration As Supreme Court Hears Landmark Cases
12/4/2007
Constitution Project Cries Foul In Case of Prosecutorial Misconduct in Snyder v. Louisiana Case
11/20/2007
CP President, Virginia Sloan, Talks Death Penalty on Diane Rehm Show
11/14/2007
Bipartisan Committee Urges Commission to Make Sentencing Rule Retroactive
10/9/2007
Constitution Project Disappointed in Denial of El-Masri Petition
10/5/2007
9/17/2007
9/5/2007
Constitution Project Urges Supreme Court to Reject State Secrets Claim in El-Masri Case
9/5/2007
8/24/2007
NGO Coalition and Former Federal Judges File Briefs in Boumediene v. Bush and al Odah v. U.S.
8/24/2007
Virginia Sloan Tells Newshour Audience Proposed Death Penalty Rules 'Disastrous'
7/26/2007
David Keene to testify on habeas before House Armed Services Committee
7/25/2007
Bipartisan Committee Denounces NSA Illegal Spying Program
7/17/2007
7/15/2007
Washington Post Urges Congress to Consider CP's State Secrets Recommendations
7/11/2007
6/26/2007
Taft Urges House Subcommittee to Restore Habeas
6/26/2007
6/19/2007
High Court Refuses to Hear Death Row Claims in Barbour v. Allen
6/11/2007
Constitution Project Files Amicus Brief in NIMJ v. DOD
5/31/2007
5/23/2007
5/22/2007
Senate Committee Hears Bipartisan Support for Habeas Restoration
5/18/2007
Habeas Panel a Success! Bipartisan Panel Calls for Habeas Restoration Podcast now available!
5/9/2007
Judge Robertson Speaks on Habeas, Hamdan, and the MCA
5/7/2007
Notable Conservatives Call On Congress to Restore Habeas Corpus
4/26/2007
Senator Leahy Testifies in Support of Restoring Habeas Corpus Protections
4/25/2007
US Supreme Court Issued Decision Favored by the Constitution Project in Smith v. Texas
4/24/2007
4/24/2007
Constitution Project President Joins Call for Federal Investigation of Police Torture
4/24/2007
The Constitution Co-hosts Screening and Discussion of The Trials of Darryl Hunt
4/23/2007
4/17/2007
4/16/2007
Virginia Sloan moderated panel regarding capital punishment at summit hosted by ABA & ACS
4/10/2007
Virginia Sloan moderated ACS panel on Panetti and the Future of the American Death Penalty
4/7/2007
Constitution Project Co-sponsors Symposium Rethinking Judicial Selection
4/5/2007
Supreme Court Denied Certiorari in MCA Habeas Cases
3/29/2007
3/21/2007
3/6/2007
The Constitution Project Urges Terrorist Watch List Limits to Protect Individual Rights
3/4/2007
3/2/2007
2/22/2007
Constitutional Commentary by Louis Fisher: Democracy at War
2/6/2007
Virginia Sloan writes monthly blog for NPR's Justice Talking
2/6/2007
1/31/2007
1/30/2007
1/10/2007
12/21/2006
12/13/2006
12/5/2006
12/5/2006
Constitution Project Urges Terrorist Watch List Limits and Safeguards
12/4/2006
11/29/2006
11/27/2006
11/20/2006
11/9/2006
Constitution Project Hails Election Result As Opportunity To Restore Checks And Balances
11/6/2006
11/2/2006
11/1/2006
11/1/2006
The Constitution Project files merits brief in Smith v. Texas
10/27/2006
10/26/2006
10/26/2006
10/26/2006
The Constitution Project Now Accepts Online Donations!
10/6/2006
10/6/2006
10/5/2006
9/29/2006
9/28/2006
9/28/2006
The Constitution Project Releases The Cost of Justice: Budgetary Threats to America's Courts Report
9/27/2006
9/26/2006
Former National Security Officials Urge Adherence to FISA
9/25/2006
9/8/2006
9/5/2006
8/31/2006
Former Constitution Project colleague, Katie Monroe featured in an article by the Salt Lake Tribune
8/18/2006
8/17/2006
Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Surveillance Program
7/27/2006
The Constitution Project Applauds Senator Specter's Commitment To The Constitution
7/21/2006
Constitution Project Co-Sponsored Panel on The Death Penalty Today: End It, Mend It, or Defend It?
7/13/2006
Constitution Project Intern In The New York Times
7/11/2006
Bipartisan Sentencing Committee Outlines Recommended Sentencing Reform
6/29/2006
Constitution Project Hails Preservation Of Checks And Balances In Supreme Court's Hamdan Decision.
6/29/2006
Courts Committee member Professor Charles Geyh testifies before the House Judiciary Committee
6/28/2006
Constitution Project Says Access To Consulate Critical In Criminal Cases Of Foreign Nationals
6/16/2006
Senior Counsel Sharon Bradford Franklin Interviewed Regarding Video Surveillance Report
6/13/2006
6/12/2006
The Constitution Project applauds the U.S. Supreme Court’s verdict in House v. Bell
5/18/2006
5/9/2006
Distinguished Bipartisan Group Releases Guiding Principles For Preserving Independent Courts
4/28/2006
Initiative Members Speak Out In ABA Journal
4/20/2006
William Sessions to Keynote DNA Conference
4/3/2006
3/16/2006
House Judiciary Committee Conducts Hearing on Federal Sentencing
3/14/2006
U.S. Sentencing Commission Issues Report
2/28/2006
2/16/2006
Liberty and Security Initiative Member Joins Call for Congressional Inquiry into NSA Surveillance
2/13/2006
American Bar Association Adopts Resolution on Warrantless Surveillance Program
2/6/2006
Liberty and Security Committee Member John W. Whitehead Speaks out on Surveillance and Separation of
2/1/2006
2/1/2006
Death Penalty Initiative Releases Mandatory Justice: The Death Penalty Revisited
1/31/2006
Amnesty International Releases on the Death and Mentally Ill Offenders
1/30/2006
American Bar Association Releases Georgia Death Penalty Assessment Report
1/30/2006
Constitution Project Joins Coalition on NSA Domestic Surveillance Program
1/13/2006
1/12/2006
Constitution Project Statement on Roger Coleman's DNA Test
1/9/2006
1/5/2006
Domestic Spying, NSA Surveillance, and the Rule of Law --Panel Discussion--Transcript
12/29/2005
Right to Counsel Initiative Member Named Champion of Indigent Defense
11/22/2005
Constitution Project Statement on Padilla Indictment
11/15/2005
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Releases Statement on the Death Penalty
11/15/2005
American Bar Association President Releases Statement on Habeas Rights of Guantanamo Detainees
11/14/2005
Constitution Project President Signs Letter Expressing Concerns About the USA Patriot Act
11/7/2005
MEDIA ADVISORY - The United States Supreme Court Agrees to Hear the Hamdan Case
11/4/2005
Seth Waxman Receives Human Rights Award
10/31/2005
President Bush nominates Constitution Project committee member to United States Supreme Court
10/11/2005
Military Commissions: The Trials Begin --Panel Discussion
9/25/2005
Human Rights Watch Releases Report on Detainee Abuse
8/6/2005
Justice John Paul Stevens Speaks Out on the Death Penalty
7/11/2005
6/29/2005
Members of the War Powers Initiative Held Press Conference to Release Report
6/22/2005
Bipartisan Principles Aim to Guide Sentencing Reform
6/21/2005
Attorney General Calls for Specific Minimum Sentences
6/15/2005
Constitution Project files Amicus Brief in Padilla v. Hanft
6/14/2005
6/13/2005
United States Supreme Court Ruling Overturns Miller-El's Conviction
6/7/2005
Distinguished Bipartisan Group Releases Guiding Principles for Reform of Criminal Sentencing Systems
5/31/2005
Courts Committee, The Honorable Harold R. Tyler, Jr., Passes Away
5/25/2005
Distinguished Bipartisan Group Calls for Independent Commission on Abuse of Terrorist Suspects
4/25/2005
Courts Committee Reporter Thomas O. Sargentich Passes Away
4/20/2005
4/1/2005
Liberty and Security Committee Member Fred Korematsu Passes Away
3/9/2005
U.S. v. BOOKER: THE JUDGES' PERSPECTIVE - - Panel Discussion
3/1/2005
Supreme Court Strikes Down Juvenile Death Penalty
2/23/2005
Constitution Project Committee Members File Amicus Brief in Spirko v. Bradshaw
2/14/2005
Initiative Members Contact Congress
1/12/2005
Sentencing Initiative Advisory on Booker and Fanfan Decisions
1/7/2005
Experts to Discuss White House and Senate Judicial Appointment Process
12/14/2004
Scott Turow Submits Testimony to New York State Legislature
10/29/2004
Book Signing with Liberty and Security Initiative Member Geoffrey Stone
10/9/2004
9/23/2004
ABA Journal Releases Special Section on State Court Funding
9/22/2004
Committee Director to Speak at American Constitution Society
9/20/2004
Court Committee Members in the News
9/17/2004
American College of Trial Lawyers Release Report on Federal Sentencing Guidelines
9/15/2004
DPIC's New Report: "Innocence and the Crisis in the American Death Penalty"
9/13/2004
Court Committee Member Gerhardt Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Courts
9/3/2004
9/3/2004
Meese and Heymann to Chair Constitution Project Sentencing Initiative
8/28/2004
"Enemy Combatants, The Constitution and the Administarion's War on Terror" Published
8/27/2004
Forum on the Preservation of Federal Sentencing Guidelines
8/9/2004
Charges Dropped Against Ryan Matthews
8/4/2004
Ronald Weich Participates in Panel Sponsored by Washington Legal Foundation
8/2/2004
Supreme Court Grants Cert on Two Blakely Cases
7/30/2004
7/19/2004
Bipartisan Group Files Brief Opposing Juvenile Executions
7/16/2004
New York League of Women Voters' Report Cites Mandatory Justice
7/15/2004
Judge Lewis Speaks About Indigent Representation
7/14/2004
Constitutional Amendments Initiative Cited in Senator Kennedy's Statement
7/13/2004
Panel Discussion on Supreme Court Decisions Regarding Detainees
7/6/2004
Constitution Project Creates New Sentencing Initiative
6/29/2004
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Racial Bias Death Penalty Case for Second Time
6/28/2004
Constitution Project Experts Available to Comment on the Supreme Court's Rulings in Detentions Cases
6/25/2004
Gerhardt Testifies Before House Subcommittee on the Constitution
6/22/2004
6/13/2004
Center for Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law Releases New Report
6/2/2004
Report on Post 9/11 Detentions Released
5/27/2004
Conviction of Dan Bright Reversed
5/23/2004
Turow's "Reversible Errors" Airs on CBS
4/1/2004
Constitution Project Files Amicus Brief in Padilla Case
3/31/2004
"Deadly Speculation - Misleading Texas Capital Juries" Released
3/31/2004
ICJ Rules U.S. Violated Vienna Convention
3/23/2004
New Panel to Discuss Video Surveillance
3/19/2004
The Constitution Project and ACS Co-host Debate on Federal Marriage Amendment
2/26/2004
Constitution Project Experts Available to Comment on Proposals for Amending the Constitution
2/24/2004
Supreme Court Overturns Banks Death Sentence
2/19/2004
Distinguished Americans Set to Examine War Powers
1/29/2004
ABA Presentation: "A Moratorium on Executions: The Professional Responsibility to Make the Case"
12/18/2003
Constitution Project Experts Available to Comment on Court's Order Releasing Padilla
12/15/2003
Conversation about the Landmark Case Gideon v. Wainwright on Its 40th Anniversary
12/13/2003
Committee Members Participate at National Lawyers Convention
12/13/2003
Constitution Project Experts Available to Comment on Upcoming Court Review of Padilla v. Rumsfeld
12/3/2003
U.S. Supreme Court Set to Hear Oral Argument in the Delma Banks Case
11/21/2003
Constitution Project Offers Guidelines for Constitutional Change
11/11/2003
Department of Justice Publishes Annual Capital Punishment Report
11/3/2003
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Finds U.S. in Violation of International Law
9/28/2003
9/16/2003
New Research Shows Dramatic Increase in Surveillance at State Level
9/12/2003
ABA Moratorium Implementation Project Releases Updated Report
8/26/2003
Missouri Supreme Court Declares Juvenile Death Unconstitutional
8/12/2003
ABA Releases Report on Civilian Defense Counsel in Military Commission Trials
8/6/2003
Constitution Project Files Amicus Brief in Padilla Case
6/26/2003
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Key Death Penalty Case
6/17/2003
Amicus Brief Filed in Support of New York Commision on Judicial Conduct
6/13/2003
DePaul University College of Law to Hold "Race to Execution Symposium."
6/13/2003
New Report from Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law
6/11/2003
American Bar Association Releases Online Toolkit on State Court Funding
6/4/2003
Justice Department Inspector General's Office Releases Report on Detainees
3/29/2000
Senator Byrd Cites Principles from Committee Guidelines in Senate Floor Speech
