Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett
Supreme Court
531 U.S. 356 (2001)
Relevant factsFree
Congress enacted Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits disability discrimination and lets state employees recover money damages from states for violations; while the legislative record identified widespread disability discrimination generally and by local governments specifically, it contained only a handful of examples of potential discrimination by states themselves against people with disabilities.
IssueFree
Whether federal laws enacted pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment must be aimed at a pattern of unconstitutional discrimination and must exhibit congruence and proportionality between the injury to be prevented or remedied and the means adopted to that end.