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COURT REJECTS PROCTER & GAMBLE’S REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE APPEAL IN DISCRIMINATION CASE

Nov 11, 2020 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

MIAMI – A federal judge in Florida has rejected a request by Procter & Gamble to immediately appeal the judge’s earlier denial of summary judgment to the company.

MALDEF STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO TRUMP’S FRAUDULENT CLAIM OF VICTORY

Nov 4, 2020 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy

LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement reminding all Americans that Donald J. Trump’s claim of victory is false, and that the outcome of the 2020 presidential election can only be determined after a full count of all votes:

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP SEEKS TO BLOCK ARKANSAS VOTING RESTRICTIONS

Nov 3, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A civil rights organization asked a federal district court to block sections of the Arkansas Election Code because it disenfranchises voters who are not proficient in English, according to a new lawsuit filed.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON FEDERAL STAY IN ALABAMA CENSUS LAWSUIT

Nov 3, 2020 | Census, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – A federal court on Monday issued a stay in a 2018 lawsuit filed by Alabama and Congressman Mo Brooks seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment data used in the 2020 Census. U.S. District Judge R. David Procter’s decision places the case on hold until after the U.S. Supreme Court has resolved an appeal before it in a similar case out of New York.

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 Defense and Educational Fund).

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 Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.

MALDEF 2020 Voting Guide

Oct 15, 2020 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy

MALDEF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA BALLOT MEASURES

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

LOS ANGELES – MALDEF today released a set of recommended votes for California’s ballot measures.

MALDEF Ballot Guide 2020

Oct 7, 2020 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy

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

Sep 25, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy, 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 have a voice in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice.”

MALDEF STATEMENT ON PASSING OF U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG

Sep 19, 2020 | News Releases

LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement on the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ASK FEDERAL COURT TO RULE ON LEGALITY OF DACA MEMO

Sep 12, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Civil rights organizations have filed a motion for summary judgement in a lawsuit that seeks to block the Trump administration from unlawfully implementing new limits on DACA, according to papers filed in federal court today.

LAWSUIT CHALLENGES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S AUTHORITY TO LIMIT DACA

Sep 3, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chad Wolf is unlawfully serving as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and therefore his memo placing new restrictions on DACA must be nullified, according to a federal lawsuit filed today.

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ASK COURT TO BLOCK TRUMP’S PLAN TO END CENSUS COUNT EARLY

Sep 1, 2020 | Census, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights

Greenbelt, MD – Civil rights groups asked a federal court on Monday to prevent the Trump administration from ending the 2020 Census count more than a month early.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHICANO MORATORIUM

Aug 30, 2020 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice, Public Policy Immigrants' 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 fight for Latino civil rights. The rally turned violent after police arrived. Those killed included journalist Ruben Salazar, who was covering the struggles facing the Latino community across the Southwest.

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