Center for Constitutional Rights
Formed in 1966 by civil rights attorneys working against racial discrimination in the southern U.S., the Center for Constitutional Rights describes its mission as using legal and educational means to ensure rights under the U.S Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Press releases
In January 2011, CCR called for Fox News to restrain the verbal attacks of commentator Glenn Beck against progressive professor Frances Fox Piven, asking Fox President Roger Ailes distinguish between "First Amendment rights, of which they are “vigorous defenders” and an “intentional repetition of provocative, incendiary, emotional misinformation and falsehoods [that place that person] in actual physical danger of a violent response.” "[1]
With both sides arguing that the other violated free speech, the University of California at Santa Barbara has suspended the Muslim Student Union for repeated interruptions of a campus speech, by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, in February 2010. CCR was among the groups protesting it, including the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee [2]
References
- ↑ UPDATE: CCR Appeals to Fox News President for Help in Silencing Glenn Beck Misinformation Campaign Against Progressive Professor; Repeated Branding of 78-Year-Old Professor Frances Fox Piven as “Enemy of the Constitution” Incites Death Threats, Center for Constitutional Rights, 20 January 2011
- ↑ Take Action: Tell UC-Irvine Chancellor: YOU GOT IT WRONG!, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, 27 July 2010