Apr 22, 2022 | Media, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF mourns the passing of Michael A. Olivas, who died today in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A longtime supporter of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), he served on the organization’s Board of Directors for several terms over...
Mar 22, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES – This week the United States Senate began confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to serve on the Court since it was first established in 1789....
Mar 17, 2022 | PP Voting Rights, Public Policy
Testimony of Nina Perales, MALDEF Vice President of Litigation before the United States House of Representatives Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections on March 17, 2022 Mr. Chairman and members of the Judiciary Committee, thank you for the...
Feb 25, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES – President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. She was elevated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last year, and is the first Black woman ever nominated to the nation’s highest court....
Feb 16, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Fourth District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero to serve as an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. If confirmed, Guerrero would be the first Latina to serve on the state’s high...
