Public Policy: Access to Justice

Testimony of Thomas A. Saenz President and General Counsel, MALDEF Before the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting in America: A National Perspective on the Right to Vote, Methods of Election, Jurisdictional Boundaries, and Redistricting

Jun 24, 2021 | Public Policy: Access to Justice, Public Policy: Voting Rights

Good morning. My name is Thomas A. Saenz, and I am president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), which has, for 53 years now, worked to promote the civil rights of all Latinos...

Latino Legal Leaders Express More Concerns About Biden Administration Judicial Nominations

May 14, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES / NEW YORK – The White House this week announced its third slate of judicial nominations to serve as federal judges on district or appellate courts. The list of nominees includes just one Latino. Thomas A. Saenz,...

LATINO CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS QUESTION BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S FIRST SET OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES

Mar 30, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK – The Biden Administration today announced its first set of judicial nominations — 11 individuals to serve as federal judges on district or appellate courts. The list of nominees, however, includes...

MALDEF CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF DONALD J. TRUMP AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Jan 7, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES –Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement calling for the immediate removal of Donald J. Trump from the United...

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TODAY’S UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY AT THE CAPITOL AND THE THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY

Jan 6, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on today’s extraordinary events surrounding the certification of the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent attack on our nation’s Capitol to Thomas A. Saenz,...

MALDEF URGES SENATE TO VOTE AGAINST BARRETT NOMINATION TO U.S. SUPREME COURT

Oct 26, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – The full U.S. Senate should reject the rushed process undertaken to confirm the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a letter sent today by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal...

MALDEF STATEMENT OPPOSING JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTE TO CONFIRM SUPREME COURT NOMINEE AMY CONEY BARRETT

Oct 22, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the leading legal voice for Latinos in the U.S., today denounced the Senate Judiciary Committee decision to support the confirmation of Amy Coney...

MALDEF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA BALLOT MEASURES

Oct 7, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice, Public Policy: Education, Public Policy: Employment, Public Policy: Voting Rights

LOS ANGELES – MALDEF today released a set of recommended votes for California’s ballot measures. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) has adopted positions on six of the California statewide...

MALDEF STATEMENT URGING SENATE TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY 2021 TO VOTE ON SCOTUS CONFIRMATION

Sep 25, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – In 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to allow a vote to confirm a nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away in February of that year, arguing that the “American people should...

Testimony of Thomas A. Saenz President and General Counsel, MALDEF Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the House Committee on the Judiciary

Sep 24, 2020 | Public Policy: Access to Justice, Public Policy: Voting Rights

Good morning. My name is Thomas A. Saenz, and I am president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), which has, for over 52 years now, worked to promote the civil rights of all...

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHICANO MORATORIUM

Aug 29, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice, Public Policy: Immigrants' Rights, Public Policy: Voting Rights

LOS ANGELES – Fifty years ago, thousands of peaceful protesters took to the streets of East Los Angeles to draw attention to the disproportionately high number of Mexican Americans drafted and killed in the Vietnam War and the...

MALDEF Statement Supporting Boycott of Goya Foods

Jul 13, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement on the call for a national boycott of Goya Foods, Inc.: “Calls for a...

MALDEF STATEMENT ON NATIONAL CRISIS AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY

Jun 2, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

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 current national crisis sparked by the murder of...

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR DEFEAT OF CORY WILSON’S NOMINATION TO FIFTH CIRCUIT

May 5, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate...

MALDEF STATEMENT ON PASSING OF SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT PRESIDENT ANTONIO GONZALEZ

Nov 12, 2018 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – Antonio Gonzalez, president of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP) and the William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI), died on November 11 after battling cancer. As the head of both...

MALDEF STATEMENT ON RESIGNATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS

Nov 8, 2018 | News Releases, Public Policy: Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...