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The Costs Of Easy Victory, Michael E. Waterstone Nov 2015

The Costs Of Easy Victory, Michael E. Waterstone

William & Mary Law Review

Studies of law and social change often focus on areas of intense conflict, including abortion, gun rights, and various issues around race, gender, and sexual orientation. Each of these has entered the culture wars, inspiring fierce resistance and organized countermovements. A reasonable assumption might be that social change in less controversial areas might be easier. In this Article, I suggest that it is not that simple. Using the disability rights movement, I demonstrate how flying under the radar leads to unappreciated obstacles. The disability rights movement had a relatively easy path to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act …


Mitigating The Impact Of Title Vii's New Retaliation Standard: The Americans With Disabilities Act After University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center V. Nassar, August T. Johannsen Oct 2014

Mitigating The Impact Of Title Vii's New Retaliation Standard: The Americans With Disabilities Act After University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center V. Nassar, August T. Johannsen

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Mythic 43 Million Americans With Disabilities, Ruth Colker Oct 2007

The Mythic 43 Million Americans With Disabilities, Ruth Colker

William & Mary Law Review

Although Congress stated in its first statutory finding that it intended the Americans with DisabilitiesA ct (ADA) to protect at least 43 million Americans from disability discrimination, the Supreme Court has interpreted this statute so that it covers no more than 13.5 million Americans. More importantly, this Article demonstrates through the use of Census Bureau data that the ADA's employment discrimination provisions have been eviscerated to the point that the ADA protects virtually no Americans who are both disabled and able to work. This Article places that problem in the larger context of the Court undermining Congress's efforts to protect …


The Americans With Disabilities Act As Welfare Reform, Samuel R. Bagenstos Feb 2003

The Americans With Disabilities Act As Welfare Reform, Samuel R. Bagenstos

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reasonable Accommodation Of Workplace Disabilities, Stewart J. Schwab, Steven L. Willborn Feb 2003

Reasonable Accommodation Of Workplace Disabilities, Stewart J. Schwab, Steven L. Willborn

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Disabiling The Ada: Essences, Better Angels, And Unprincipled Neutrality Claims, Aviam Soifer Feb 2003

Disabiling The Ada: Essences, Better Angels, And Unprincipled Neutrality Claims, Aviam Soifer

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Determining The Intended Beneficiaries Of The Ada In The Aftermath Of Sutton: Limiting The Application Of The Disabling Corrections Corollary, Richard C. Dunn Feb 2002

Determining The Intended Beneficiaries Of The Ada In The Aftermath Of Sutton: Limiting The Application Of The Disabling Corrections Corollary, Richard C. Dunn

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Lay View Of What "Disability" Means Must Give Way To What Congress Says It Means: Infertility As A "Disability" Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, Deborah K. Dallmann Oct 1996

The Lay View Of What "Disability" Means Must Give Way To What Congress Says It Means: Infertility As A "Disability" Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, Deborah K. Dallmann

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Employing The Alcoholic Under The Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990, Wendy K. Voss Mar 1992

Employing The Alcoholic Under The Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990, Wendy K. Voss

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.