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I blogged the other day about the Hwang v KSU disability rights case. Here’s an actual disability rights lawyer, Claudia Center, for the ACLU on the case and others. Under established disability rights laws, a request for leave due to a disability must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to decide whether the request would …
This is from a leaked executive order, published here. The Arc has an excellent statement on the disability implications. Text reads: “To propose for notice and comment a rule that provides standards for determining which aliens are inadmissible or deportable on public-charge grounds, and that specifies that an alien is inadmissible as a public charge if …
#Gorsuch did not author the decision here, but it’s pro-forced-seclusion to force compliance. #CultOfCompliancehttps://t.co/DStysUaTS1 pic.twitter.com/dtmaUb4RFR — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) February 1, 2017 This decision was NOT written by Gorsuch, but he did concur. It was written by Michael McConnell, a Bush (W.) appointee and an interesting guy. When it comes to disability cases that …
I plan to blog some of the cases that new SCOTUS nominee Gorsuch has ruled on or concurred in regards to disability. The record is mixed. He has the typical conservative skepticism about federal regulation, disdain for class actions, and protection of corporate over individual interests. Beyond that, we’ll need to look at specifics. Note: …
What is the NDSS position on using vouchers to privatize special education. Has NDSS taken money from Devos or anyone connected to DeVos? NDSS has a new emphasis on human rights, but every employee on your website presents as white. What is your diversity plan? What is the NDSS position on the Affordable Care Act …
Emmett Till was a disabled black boy murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman. An author has found the white woman, interviewed her, and in a widely shared Vanity Fair piece, told a reporter that the woman admitted she lied. This is not a shock that she lied, it is useful that she admits it, …
I’m contracted to write 6 columns a month for Pacific Standard Magazine. I might actually write more or less depending on how long they are, what news cycles require response, or whatever. But for January, I have now published 6 pieces. They are, in reverse order: Maria Town was the disability community liaison over the …
I know it’s all been King Trump stuff lately, but I find it endlessly riveting/completely terrifying. Under the hashtag #NewVersailles, I’ve been watching the various ways in which Trump operates within a court culture, rather than a bureaucratic culture. I intend to write up about the classic “problem of counsel” this will create when things …
Good piece in the New York Times: “For Trump, everything is a rating.” He, like many celebrities, has a long history of lying. Celebrity culture is also filled with paid PR folks maintaining bubbles of celebration. Celebrities have support staff dedicated to maintaining their bubbles. (Even Mr. Trump’s bringing staff members to cheer him at events …
UPDATED with the French and clarifications. Marine Le Pen made an interesting claim for those of us tracking the use of history to bolster European racism: France’s presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has told a far-right conference “2016 was the year the Anglo Saxon world woke up”. The Front National leader was among anti-immigration and …