Civil Rights
Apr. 29, 2016
Garland on the rights of people with disabilities
Judge Garland does not himself have an obvious disability or life experience with disability that is yet part of the public record, but his court opinions offer a road map.
Michael Waterstone
Fritz B. Burns Dean
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Email: michael.waterstone@lls.edu
What would Justice Merrick Garland mean for the U.S. Supreme Court? Despite signals that recalcitrant Republicans want to avoid this discussion, I hope lots of different groups begin to have a public dialogue about this important question. I teach, research and write in the area of disability law, a subset of civil rights law. Laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act have helped people with disabilities attain full citizenship in our country, yet there is still a long way to go.
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