News Releases
MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT’S RULING ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today in (Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard, and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina) upends a 45-year-precedent that clearly affirmed the use of race as one of several considerations in admissions.
MALDEF HONORS LATINO LEADERS AT CHICAGO AWARDS BANQUET
WASHINGTON STATE JURY AWARDS $600,000 TO LATINO PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES WHO FACED DISCRIMINATION
MALDEF STATEMENT ON HOW SUPREME COURT REDISTRICTING RULING WILL AFFECT TEXAS CHALLENGE
MALDEF STATEMENT ON RULING IN COLORADO FREE SPEECH CASE
MALDEF SUES ICE AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS OVER UNLAWFUL DETENTION IN LAS VEGAS
COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED FOR VIOLATING STUDENT’S RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF GLORIA MOLINA
MALDEF SUES TEXAS WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
MALDEF HONORS LATINO LEADERS AT WASHINGTON, D.C. AWARDS BANQUET
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF TWO LATINAS TO FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the statement below in response to President Biden’s nomination of two sitting judges to federal courts of appeals, including the first Latina to serve on the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
MALDEF NAMES FATIMA MENENDEZ SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNSEL
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.