Mar 6, 2014 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, in a 47-52 vote, the U.S. Senate refused to end a filibuster, and thus failed to confirm respected civil rights attorney, Debo Adegbile, as Assistant Attorney General to lead the civil rights division of the U.S Department of Justice....
Mar 4, 2014 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – MALDEF, counsel in challenges to nearly identical local anti-immigrant housing ordinances in Nebraska and Texas, welcomed today's U.S. Supreme Court decision refusing to review a decision by the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the...
Feb 28, 2014 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF mourns the loss of Dr. Henry J. Casso at age 82. Dr. Casso, a renowned civil rights advocate and MALDEF founding Board Member, dedicated himself to eradicating poverty and improving the lives of Latinos across the nation. Dr. Casso was...
Feb 15, 2014 | Events, News Releases
NEW YORK, NY – On Thursday, February 20, 2014, MALDEF will host its 2014 Latino State of the Union at the Time Warner Headquarters in New York. The event will feature a panel of national Latino leaders discussing critical public policy issues facing Latinos...
Feb 8, 2014 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
AUSTIN, TX – Today at 2 pm CST, MALDEF will present closing argument before the Travis County District Court in Austin, showing that the Texas public school finance system remains inequitable and inadequate. Last year, Travis County District Court Judge John K....
