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Kat Macfarlane
Профиль VivelyLaw prof interested in civil rights, disability, and procedure. At war with my immune system. I have the best dog. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2115906
Mira Gaitanis is a rising star! So glad to have her representing us in Galway.
2L Mira Lan Gaitanis Attends 17th Annual International Disability Law Summer School at the University of Galway2L Mira Lan Gaitanis recently attended the 17th Annual International Disability Law Summer School held by the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the Un ...law.syracuse.edu
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Good reminder of how hard it is to access health insurance for people who are disabled by their conditions but in the waiting period for coverage for SSDI/Medicare. The mortality during the wait period for people with cancer (neoplasms) is nearly 40%. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/epdf/10....
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BREAKING: The Trump admin's subpoenas against NYT reporters will be withdrawn "at this time." The court, for its part, appears to hope the government does both the necessary factual and legal work *before* coming back to court, if it does so. Fantastic work from @innercitypress.bsky.social —>
Inner City Press3:11 pm Buckley: The Government is prepared unilaterally to withdraw the subpoenas at this time. If under Gonzalez we find it appropriate to seek new subpoenas, we'll come to the court. Judge: Moving forward, we would have the issues that have plagued it so far
U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times JournalistsA federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times said were an attempt to intimidate the free press.www.nytimes.com
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Professor of Law @katmacfarlane.bsky.social, Director of the Disability Law and Policy Program at Syracuse Law, has posted a draft of her forthcoming Ohio State Law Journal essay, Debating Accommodations. #lawsky #disabilitylaw papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Debating AccommodationsThe reasonable accommodations provided to postsecondary students with disabilities are the subject of significant debate, both in the popular press and in acadepapers.ssrn.com
Disability and Constitutional Legitimacy is now published in the Wash L Rev. It explores how to save disability-based affirmative action and disability-based preferences thru rational basis review. Really enjoyed writing this. Had terrific student editors & RAs too. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Disability and Constitutional LegitimacyDisability classifications can take one of two forms. The more familiar form targets people with disabilities on account of their disability, and harms them. Thpapers.ssrn.comDevice bans, no matter the reason, raise the same disability fairness issues as laptop bans. Wrap disabled students into the q of what is best. Forcing PWDs into an accommodations exception is itself unfair. Ruth Colker’s laptop ban piece lays this all out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Universal Design: Stop Banning Laptops!Banning laptops in the classroom constitutes a needless barrier to academic performance that is increasingly common at the university level. In this article, Ipapers.ssrn.com
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NEW from @gregsargent.bsky.social: it sure sounds like @ICEgov is trying to stop the witnesses to the shooting of Lorenzo Araujo from speaking out. All three of the people in the van have been kept in detention and now ICE is pressuring them all to agree to be deported. /reposted with correct name
Greg SargentNEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me. They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters. Details in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2129...