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29 Nov 2017, 1:51 pm by Eugene Volokh
On October 25, 2017, Congress heard moving testimony from Frank Stephens, a disability-rights activist who himself has Down syndrome. [read post]
5 Jun 2016, 9:02 am by Richard Hunt
I’ve blogged about this before about this, pointing out that “disability” and ability to access goods and services may not be related. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 8:32 am
In November of 2005, Shane Kerry checked into the ER at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital in Sulphur, Louisiana after fracturing the heel bone in his right foot. [read post]
4 Mar 2023, 4:13 am by jonathanturley
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (unratified) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (unratified) The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),188 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). [read post]
16 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Berniard Law Firm
Lahoste filed a lawsuit against the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (LSU), asserting his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act were violated. [read post]
4 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Berniard Law Firm
However, a recent opinion from the Supreme Court of Louisiana held that a claimant does not have the right to choose a physical therapist to conduct the FCE at the employer’s expense. [read post]
16 Jan 2024, 11:35 am by Alyzza Austriaco
The suit alleges the law violates the right to privacy provision of the Louisiana Constitution by hindering the ability of transgender individuals and their families to make personal medical decisions. ( ASSOCIATED PRESS ) —Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK Visit our webpage to connect with a LexisNexis® State Net® representative and learn how the State Net legislative and regulatory tracking service can help you identify, track, analyze and report on… [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 7:30 am
In consequence to the erroneous surgery, the plaintiff was declared disabled by Social Security and began receiving Social Security Income payments. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 3:41 am by Amy Howe
Cain, a Louisiana capital case in which it will consider whether a defendant has a right to an independent court hearing on whether he is mentally disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty; and Commil USA v. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 8:15 pm
[T]he protection offered by the court in Stevens' 1986 opinion is especially important for vulnerable defendants, including the mentally and developmentally disabled, addicts, juveniles and the poor, This isn't the first time the Justice Department, under President Obama, has sought to limit defendants' rights. [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 1:04 pm by By Joshua Block, LGBT Project
The decision is a timely reminder why Congress needs to finally pass the Student Non-Discrimination Act to formally extend explicit protections to LGBT students like those that already exist for harassment based on race, sex, disability, and other characteristics. [read post]
According to a press release regarding the report, it was developed by “drawing on actual experiences, firsthand observations, and reports provided to the PTV/VRD [LDF’s Prepared to Vote/Voting Rights Defender project] staff. [read post]
2 Jun 2024, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Louisiana invalidated a Louisiana law that required women but not men to affirmatively declare they wanted to be eligible for jury service before they would be called, in seeming recognition of the fact that many women had domestic responsibilities. [read post]