D.C. Justin Dart is rightfully honored as the co-chairperson of the official celebration. He sat next to the President as the Act was signed into law. No one deserves that more, as we have often observed on this website. We have had the privilege of working with Justin for the last 16 years and every contact with him doubled our energy and commitment to fighting discrimination against persons with disabilities. And all the rest of us are responsible for making sure that flame burns so brightly in the future it melts away every last shred of discrimination.
Civil rights are never easy.
We have to fight to get them. And we have to fight to keep them. But we also have to celebrate our victories and enjoy, for just one day, how far we have come. Then, it's back to the trenches and fight like hell for another ten years. You might begin by writing your Governor and your state's Attorney General to see if they have signed on to any brief challenging the constitutionality of the ADA, or if they have signed on to a brief supporting it.