LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court in June held that the Texas Legislature’s 2013 redraw of House District 90 was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. House District 90 was challenged by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on behalf of the Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force and individual voters.
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Racially Gerrymandered Texas House District Must Be Redrawn
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court in June held that the Texas Legislature’s 2013 redraw of House District 90 was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. House District 90 was challenged by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on behalf of the Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force and individual voters.
Latinos Seek to Intervene in Alabama Lawsuit That Would Have Certain Immigrants Treated as Non-Persons Under Constitution
Lawsuit on 2020 Census Citizenship Question Updated to Include Native American Groups and Charge Government Conspiracy
LOS ANGELES – Native American groups have joined a lawsuit filed by attorneys representing Latino and Asian American plaintiffs alleging that the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census was motivated by racial animus and will result in a severe undercount of minorities, according to civil rights attorneys.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ABBOTT V. PEREZ RULING BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
MALDEF SUES CITY OF PLACENTIA FOR BREACH OF 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO SECURE LATINO VOTING RIGHTS
APPEALS COURT RULES CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CAN INTERVENE IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT
MALDEF AND ADVANCING JUSTICE SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, CHALLENGING ADDITION OF CITIZENSHIP QUESTION TO 2020 CENSUS
LOS ANGELES – The Trump administration’s eleventh-hour decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution because it is racially discriminatory and could result in a severe undercount of minorities, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by nearly two dozen groups and individuals.
CITY OF PLACENTIA COUNCIL MAP VIOLATES 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO ENSURE LATINO VOTING RIGHTS, MALDEF WARNS
Census Citizenship Question is Unconstitutional
MALDEF, Kern County Reach Settlement In Landmark Voting Rights Lawsuit
MALDEF STATEMENT ON COMMERCE DEPARTMENT’S APPROVAL OF A POLITICALLY CHARGED QUESTION ON CITIZENSHIP ON THE 2020 U.S. CENSUS
MALDEF MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER PRESIDENT AND VOTING RIGHTS GENIUS JOAQUIN G. AVILA
LANDMARK KERN COUNTY VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT GOES TO REMEDIAL PHASE TUESDAY IN FEDERAL COURT
FRESNO, Calif. – Following a federal judge’s ruling that a redistricting plan adopted in 2011 by the Kern County, California Board of Supervisors unlawfully denies Latinos the right to elect candidates of their choice, MALDEF and attorneys for the county will return to court tomorrow for the remedial phase of the case.