Disability Rights Group Condemns DOJ Legal Opinion Challenging Community Living Rights for Disabled People
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Disability Rights California strongly condemns a recent U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel opinion that challenges the Olmstead v. L.C. Supreme Court decision, which for over 25 years has protected the right of people with disabilities to live in community settings rather than being forced into institutions. The article argues this legal opinion threatens a fundamental disability civil rights principle.
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· 2 pulledThe U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a deeply alarming opinion that takes direct aim at one of the most important disability civil rights principles in modern American law
For more than 25 years, the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C. has stood for a basic promise: people with disabilities should not be forced into institutions when they can be safely and appropriately supported in the community
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a deeply alarming opinion that takes direct aim at one of the most important disability civil rights principles in modern American law: the rights of people with disabilities
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