AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO MOORE v HARPER

LOS ANGELES –  The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates earlier this month adopted a resolution supporting efforts to restore state-separation-of-powers principles in anticipation of a possible, unprecedented ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in a controversial case that could upend state constitutional structures with respect to regulation of federal elections nationwide.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON GUILTY PLEA IN EL PASO MASSACRE

LOS ANGELES – A Texas white nationalist who murdered 23 people and injured nearly two dozen more during a mass shooting in 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso pleaded guilty Wednesday to 90 criminal counts, including 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The confessed shooter admitted that he targeted the Latino community and chose to carry out the massacre in El Paso because it was a border city. Under a plea agreement, the white nationalist will be sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms.

MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2021-2022 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2022-2023 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the recipients in its 2021-2022 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law students committed to furthering our mission of promoting and protecting the civil rights of the Latino community in the United States.

MALDEF STATEMENT DENOUNCING SCOTUS RULING OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE  

LOS ANGELES –  Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that established the constitutional right to reproductive choice that has been in place for nearly 50 years: