Jun 26, 2013 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy, Uncategorized
MALDEF Vows to Continue to Fight Aggressively to Preserve Precious Right WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The Court struck down as unconstitutional a portion of the law used...
Jun 25, 2013 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
U.S. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS CONSIDERATION OF RACE BY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Fisher v. Texas, affirming public universities' right to consider the race of an applicant for admission as part of a holistic...
Jun 18, 2013 | News Releases, Voting Rights
MALDEF VICTORIOUS IN U.S. SUPREME COURT “MOTOR VOTER” CASE WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Arizona voters who challenged that state’s restrictions on voter registration, concluding that Arizona’s...
May 29, 2013 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
ELL and low-income students will remain hostage to an arbitrary and irrational funding system for Colorado schools DENVER, CO – Today, in a 4-2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed a Denver District Court’s opinion in Lobato/Ortega v. Colorado that...
May 25, 2013 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Arpaio And His Deputies Have Engaged in Racial Profiling Against Latinos in Maricopa County PHOENIX, AZ – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio relied on racial profiling and illegal detentions to target Latinos, a federal district court said today. The ruling...
