Oct 27, 2010 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Court ruling comes one week before a critical national election and stands as a warning to anyone who seeks to deter or prevent voter participation SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, MALDEF welcomed the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Gonzalez v. State of Arizona, striking down an...
Oct 16, 2010 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the plaintiffs' request for rehearing en banc in Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach, a challenge to an ordinance barring speech of day laborers seeking employment. The...
Oct 15, 2010 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF announced positions and endorsements on seven ballot propositions appearing on California's statewide election ballots, one ballot proposition appearing on San Francisco County election ballots, and three ballot propositions appearing...
Oct 8, 2010 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Univision has announced that legendary Mexican singer/actress Rosa Gloria Chagoyán, “Lola, La Trailera,” will be the first female celebrity to join the new reality program “¡Mira Quién Baila!” (Look Who’s Dancing!). Celebrities will be partnered with...
Oct 2, 2010 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights groups today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, urging the court to keep in place an injunction blocking the core provisions of SB 1070, Arizona’s racial...
