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2008

• Advocates Urge Senate Not to Confirm Judges in Election Year (3/4/08)
• Disability Groups Oppose Nomination of Judge Pratter to the Third Circuit (1/24/08)

2007

• Unjust Denial of Parental Rights Overturned (1/10/07)—
• Bazelon Center Statement on Judge Boyle's Withdrawal (1/09/07)

2006

• Federal Court Asked to End Isolation of Illinois Residents with Mental Illnesses (4-26-06)
  
• Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Goodman v. Georgia (1-10-06)

2005

• Disability Rights Group Steamed Over Boyle Nomination (3/3/05)
• Washington State: Western State Hospital Discharging Patients to “Unsafe Places” (2/3/05)

2004

• Legal Advocates Challenge Missouri Voter Practices (10/8/04)
• Veterans’ Affairs Opens Doors to Voter Registration, Education Efforts (8/23/04)
• Twenty-four Groups Launch Unprecedented, Simultaneous TV and Online Ads Exposing Radical Views of Administration Judicial Nominees (7/21/04)
• Legal Advocate Cites Ongoing Segregation on Eve of Olmstead Anniversary (6/21/04)
• Supreme Court Decides Tennessee v. Lane and Jones, Upholds Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities (5/17/04)
• Bazelon Mental Health Policy Reporter: Controversial Nominee Appointed (2/23/04)
• Bazelon Mental Health Policy Reporter: New Civil Rights Bill Introduced (2/23/04)
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Statement on Introduction of The Fairness Act of 2004 (2/11/04)
• Supreme Court to Hear Key Disability Rights Case; Advocates Call for “Access to Justice” in Tennessee v. Lane and Jones (1/12/04)
• Events Highlight Key Supreme Court Case on Disability Rights (1/8/04)
• California Settlement Takes First Step Toward Olmstead Compliance (1/5/04)

2003

• Landmark Mental Disability Lawsuit Ends After 33 Years (12/15/03)
• Supreme Court to Review Americans with Disabilities Act; Ruling Could Shield States from Anti-Discrimination Suits (11/12/03)
• Advocates: Lack of Services Means More Jail Time for NY Parolees with Serious Mental Illnesses (10/21/03)
• Eleventh Circuit Rules on Section 504 Damage Claims (9/24/03)
• Lawsuit Alleges Civil Rights Violations in Cook County Jail (8/12/03)
• Litigation Filed to Protect Privacy, Housing Rights of Older Tenants (8/7/03)
• 2nd Circuit Holds Vermont Durable Power of Attorney Law Discriminatory (8/6/03)
• Supreme Court to Again Consider Title II Constitutionality (7/2/03)
• Lawsuit Seeks Community Integration of Thousands of New Yorkers with Mental Illnesses (7/1/03)
• Bazelon Center Statement on New York Adult Homes Litigation (7/1/03)
• Update: Senate Confirms Sutton Nomination (April 29, 2003)
• Older People with Mental Illnesses Remain Unnecessarily Segregated in Nursing Homes, Institutional Settings (3/10/03)
• Update: California Medical Board Drops Hason Petition (3/4/03)
• Rights, Recovery Stressed at Mental Health Commission Meeting(2/10/03)
• Court Decision Establishes Right to Services for People with Mental Disabilities in Nursing Homes (2/3/03)
• Groups Call for Grassroots Defense of Americans with Disabilities (1/22/03)

2002

• Court Decision Allows Bar Admission for Lawyer with History of Schizophrenia; Earlier denial constituted discrimination, say advocates (12/13/02)
• Bazelon Center Presents Lost in the System: Community Integration on Trial (11/15/02)
• Media Advisory: Rights Advocates Coalesce to Fight Supreme Court Rollback of Civil Rights (9/30/02)
• A Congressional Tribute to Justin Dart (8/5/02)

2001

• Supreme Court Decides ADA Case on Definition of Disability (11/7/01)

2000

• Landmark Mental Disability Suit Settled After 30 Years (1/21/00)

1999

• Supreme Court: Unnecessary Segregation of Individuals with Disabilities in Institutions May Constitute Discrimination (6/22/99)
• U.S. Supreme Court To Review Crucial Decision For Inclusion Of People With Disabilities (3/18/99)