Public Policy
MALDEF STATEMENT ON INTRODUCTION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT IN U.S. SENATE
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Senate today introduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024 (JLVRAA). The bill provides an important path forward in helping protect our democracy by protecting the rights of every citizen, including Latinos and other minorities, who increasingly face new hurdles when seeking to exercise their right to vote.
MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2022-2023 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2023-2024 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2022-2023 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law students committed to furthering our...
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF TWO LATINAS TO FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the statement below in response to President Biden’s nomination of two sitting judges to federal courts of appeals, including the first Latina to serve on the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
MALDEF NAMES FATIMA MENENDEZ SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNSEL
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO MOORE v HARPER
LOS ANGELES – The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates earlier this month adopted a resolution supporting efforts to restore state-separation-of-powers principles in anticipation of a possible, unprecedented ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in a controversial case that could upend state constitutional structures with respect to regulation of federal elections nationwide.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON GUILTY PLEA IN EL PASO MASSACRE
LOS ANGELES – A Texas white nationalist who murdered 23 people and injured nearly two dozen more during a mass shooting in 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso pleaded guilty Wednesday to 90 criminal counts, including 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The confessed shooter admitted that he targeted the Latino community and chose to carry out the massacre in El Paso because it was a border city. Under a plea agreement, the white nationalist will be sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms.
MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2021-2022 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2022-2023 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the recipients in its 2021-2022 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law students committed to furthering our mission of promoting and protecting the civil rights of the Latino community in the United States.
Latinos Prove Decisive In Critical 2022 Midterms
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S LATEST JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS – STOP GOING BACKWARDS ON LATINO REPRESENTATION
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE ELEVATION OF JUSTICE GUERRERO TO CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
MALDEF STATEMENT DENOUNCING SCOTUS RULING OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that established the constitutional right to reproductive choice that has been in place for nearly 50 years:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PLYLER v. DOE
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S FAILURE TO ADDRESS HISTORICAL LATINO EXCLUSION IN JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s latest slate of judicial nominees to the federal bench that once again overlooks the Latino community: