Jul 16, 2016 | News Releases, Voting Rights
REDLANDS, CA – Today, MALDEF sent a letter to the Mayor of Redlands and the Redlands City Council, demanding that the system for electing members to the city council be changed to comply with the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA). The City currently elects...
Jun 24, 2016 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education
WASHINGTON, DC – This morning, the Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Fisher v. University of Texas, and held that that the University of Texas at Austin's race-conscious admission program is lawful under the equal protection clause of...
Jun 24, 2016 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 4-4 non-decision, failed to act on President Obama's executive actions on immigration. Today's ruling creates no new law and does not decide whether DAPA and Expanded DACA are legal. Instead, it leaves in...
Jun 23, 2016 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
DETROIT, MI – Yesterday, Judge Stephen J. Murphy of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that MALDEF's lawsuit against Systems USA Inc. and Systems USA Consulting LLC for violating the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt...
Jun 14, 2016 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, released the following statement in reaction to the tragic loss of so many innocent lives this past weekend in Orlando, Florida: “MALDEF joins the entire national Latino family...
