Congress' Record in Individaul Rights Cases

[Samuel Bagenstos]

FWIW, the ADA's text begins with legislative findings that say that 43
million Americans have disabilities.  

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>>> doughr at udallas.edu 2/27/2006 11:37:00 AM >>>
This raises some interesting questions, no?  What, for instance,
counts
as a minority?  The question of women is an obvious one, but what
about
the ADA?  Does anyone know how many Americans are covered by the ADA?
Is there any way of knowing?  (I ask because I don't know if Bobby
Lipkin is looking specifically for the expansion of minority rights,
or
expansion of rights generally.)
Richard Dougherty


"Zietlow, Rebecca E." wrote:

> I do not know of any source listing such legislation.  (If you find
> one, please let me know!).  I can give some examples, though.
> Congress enforced the rights of minorities by enacting the
> Reconstruction amendments, the Reconstruction Acts and numerous
pieces
> of civil rights legislation during the Reconstruction era; the 1964
> Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act and numerous other
> civil rights acts protecting the rights of racial minorities, women,
> the disabled and the elderly during the Second Reconstruction of the
> 1960s and the 1970s, the ADA in 1990, VAWA in 1994.  I also argue
that
> the Wagner Act of 1935, establishing the right of workers to join
> unions, falls into this category.
>
> Rebecca Zietlow
>
>
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>         Is there some source describing how many times Congress
passed
> legislation--and the precise piece of legislation--upholding or
> rejecting minority (civil or electoral) rights? Thanks in advance.
> Bobby
>
> Robert Justin Lipkin
> Professor of Law
> WidenerUniversitySchool of Law
> Delaware
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