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Civil Rights

Jun. 25, 2025

A.J.T.: Trojan horse or hollow win for disability rights?

Despite a conservative tilt, the Supreme Court just made it easier for special education plaintiffs to sue for damages under disability rights laws -- though signals from the concurrences hint at future battles ahead.

Caroline Jackson

Senior Counsel
Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP

Email: cjackson@rbgg.com

Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA

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<i>A.J.T.</i>: Trojan horse or hollow win for disability rights?
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The Supreme Court has long shown an appetite for weakening civil rights laws, displaying little favor for disability rights claims. The lone exception: special education cases, where in recent years the Court has repeatedly found in favor of plaintiffs, specifically to pave the way for them to bring damages lawsuits under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilitie...

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