How has the ADA been challenged and interpreted since its passage?
The Supreme Court decided in University of Alabama v. Garrett (2001) that the Eleventh Amendment bars suits in federal courts by state employees seeking to recover money damages for discrimination in violated certain provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The 5-4 majority said, among other things, that although a state’s discrimination on the basis of disability may be “hardhearted,” it is not necessarily unconstitutional.
