Aug 30, 2012 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Court Holds Texas Law Will Harm Minority Voters WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a federal court in Washington DC issued a ruling in Texas v. Holder denying preclearance under the Voting Rights Act for Texas' proposed voter ID law. The court concluded that Texas was unable...
Jul 11, 2012 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Trial Begins This Week as MALDEF Attorneys Invoke Voter Rights Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representing a coalition of community partners, MALDEF intervened in a federal lawsuit between Texas and the United States over Texas's passage of a discriminatory voter...
Jun 28, 2012 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Brewer Warned Against Any Implementation LOS ANGELES, CA – The coalition representing the plaintiffs in the ongoing civil rights legal challenge to SB 1070, Friendly House v. Whiting, sent a letter to counsel for all defendants, including Governor Brewer, explaining...
Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Resounding Defeat for Arizona and Brewer Still Leaves Dangerous Possibility of Racial Profiling WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Supreme Court affirmed an injunction against three of the four core SB 1070 provisions (Sections 3, 5(C), and 6) before the Court, and narrowly...
Mar 26, 2012 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Texas law would disproportionately harm Latinos if approved San Antonio, TX – Today, MALDEF filed legal papers opposing an attempt by the State of Texas to secure federal approval for its new Voter ID law. The intervention was filed on behalf of two Latino voters and...
