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.
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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 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:
MALDEF STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF JUSTICE PATRICIA GUERRERO TO THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Fourth District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero to serve as an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. If confirmed, Guerrero would be the first Latina to serve on the state’s high court. Please attribute the following statement on the nomination of Justice Guerrero to Ernest I. Herrera, Western Regional Counsel for MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF STATEMENT ON FEDERAL JUDICIAL NOMINEES TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on today’s Biden Administration announcement of four judicial nominees to the United States District Court for the Central District of California to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF STATEMENT ON BIDEN JUDICIAL NOMINEES
LOS ANGELES – The Biden administration on Wednesday announced more nominees to the federal bench, including three Latinas for district courts in California, Nevada, and New Jersey. Please attribute the following statement on the nominations to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF Praises Hopeful Set of Federal Judicial Nominations
LOS ANGELES – Today, President Joseph R. Biden announced a seventh slate of federal judicial nominees. Included in the nominations were three Latinos: Justice Gabriel P. Sanchez, nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; David Herrera Urias, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, and Judge Hernán D. Vera, who is nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON CENSUS REDISTRICTING DATA
MALDEF ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAM TO COMBAT OPEN BIAS AND RACISM ON ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLIEST HATE-MOTIVATED ATTACK ON LATINOS
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
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF MYRNA PÉREZ TO THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
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 President Biden’s nomination of Myrna Pérez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the paucity of Latino judges on the federal bench: