Judge allows state to intervene in ADA cases

[TexasTowelie]

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge approved a bid by the Attorney General’s Office to intervene in a case filed by a foundation in an attempt to enforce the Americans With Disabilities Act through civil litigation.

Judge David Talamante’s ruling makes it possible for the court to rule on whether 1,222 cases filed against mostly Mesa businesses by the Advocates for American Disabled Individuals eventually should be dismissed.

The Attorney’s General’s Office has argued in prior filings that the controversial cases are without merit on a variety of legal grounds, including that they fail to allege that any violations prevented a disabled person from gaining access to a building.

The law requires parking spaces marked and dedicated for use by the disabled, and other accommodations, such as wheelchair ramps, to make it possible for a disabled person to enter a business or a municipal building open to the public.

Read more: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_758be41c-7938-11e6-abf1-abcc3e35ef91.html

[thucythucy]

1. Gutting the ADA has been on conservative Republicans' bucket list

ever since the law was passed.

One of the reasons why they applaud Trump mocking a reporter's disability. They see equal access for people with disabilities, and the idea that they should be treated as actual human beings, one of those "politically correct" things foisted on them by horrid liberals.

It hasn't been talked about much in the campaign, but I'll bet repealing the ADA will come up within the first days of a Trump presidency, especially if the GOP still has control of the House and Senate.