7 states are attempting to rule section 504 unconstitutional. section 504 of the rehabilitation act is the bill that means disabled people have public access, including attending public schools and existing in public. if this is declared unconstitutional, the rehabilitation act and the ADA itself will be heavily weakened and likely later contested, and disabled people will be far more explicitly segregated and denied access to education and public transportation. prior to the rehabilitation act and section 504, the ugly laws were in place in many municipalities that made it so it was illegal for physically disabled people to exist in public
in addition, because section 504 relied heavily on the civil rights act and on racial desegregation of schools in order to pass, if section 504 is declared unconstitutional, it will also weaken the civil rights act and brown v board of education and will give precedent toward explicit racial segregation regardless of ability
regardless of location you must advocate for section 504. if you live in alaska, florida, kansas, louisiana, missouri, montana, or texas, contact your representatives and tell them they need to pull out of texas v kennedy. this is a decision that can very likely fast track the USA back into a pre civil rights era for all marginalized groups
This page explains what the lawsuit Texas v. Kennedy (previously Texas v. Becerra) is, how Texas v. Kennedy threatens Section 504, and why S
