Over on Disability Scoop, Michelle Diament reported about governors from 18 states have petitioned the US attorney general to return to suppoting the rights of individuals with disabilities to use services in their own communities. As Ms. Diament explained, the request is in response to the US Justice Department’s memorandum interpreting the Olmstead v. L.C. case as no longer requiring it to pursue cases in which individuals with disabilities sought community-based services.
Leaders of 18 states are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to abandon efforts to weaken the rights of people with disabilities to access services in the community.
In a letter to Attorney General Todd W. Blanche, the governors took issue with a June memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel questioning long-held interpretations of Olmstead v. L.C., a landmark 1999 Supreme Court decision on the rights of people with disabilities.
Ms. Diament’s article included additional evidence and analysis, both about the context for the state leaders’ petition and the explanation of it. Read her 15 September 2026 post at “Governors Line Up Against Bid To Scale Back Community-Based Services.”