In October 2012, I posted a blog entry discussing Batson challenges and persons with disabilities. Since that time I have attended many a networking event, CLE, or other law related event. At those events, if a person tells me they are a litigator, criminal or civil, I always ask them if they have ever
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Sovereign immunity principles outside of sovereign immunity claims and the importance of self-evaluation and transition plans
By William Goren on
In a previous blog entry, I talked about the principle of sovereign immunity as it applies to persons with disabilities. As mentioned in that blog entry, a state, including an arm of the state, is not going to be forced to waive its sovereign immunity with respect to disability discrimination in employment matters.…
Sovereign immunity and persons with disabilities
By William Goren on
Sovereign immunity is enormously complicated. What it is, is a principle from which the founding fathers took from England that says a sovereign cannot be sued for damages without its consent. This principal goes way back, and also can be found in the 11th amendment to the United States Constitution. The language of the 11th…