[blindlaw] requiring a Driver's License as a pre-requisite to employment as an attorney

Tue Jun 16 15:50:36 UTC 2015

This strikes me as discriminatory on its face. I am not yet a legal expert--I am starting law school in the fall--but how could this not be a straightforward ADA violation? I would be curious to know if states have been previously sued over this and, if so, what the outcome was. I wish you all the best of luck in getting this absurd requirement overturned.
Sincerely,
James

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> On Jun 16, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Susan Kelly via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I think the fact that the job description goes on to state that the previous 39 months of MVD records will be accessed and reviewed by the hiring authority makes it plain that the reference to driver's license goes beyond a mere picture i.d.  Moreover, Arizona has identification cards which are also issued by MVD, but which plainly are NOT driver's licenses, nor are they referred to as such.  Finally, because our state chose not to comply with certain national trends on those licenses and identifications, we will all soon need passports or other forms of i.d. to board airplanes, making them relatively useless as mere forms of identification.  Additionally, other positions are listed which do NOT require driver's licenses as a pre-requisite to application.  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michal Nowicki via blindlaw
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> Hello everyone,
> 
> Perhaps, as Yasmin suggested, the state of Arizona uses the term "driver's license" to refer to all forms of picture identification.  After all, unlike in other countries, where all citizens must obtain a national ID card, a driver's license functions as a valid form of identification in the United States, and most Americans have a driver's license.  While this does not justify Arizona's discriminatory language, there is at least a legitimate possibility that the state does not mean to weed blind attorneys out of public legal posts through this requirement.  If that is the case, maybe it will not be a barrier to employment, even if the government is unwilling to amend the language.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via blindlaw
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 4:25 PM
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> Cc: Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] requiring a Driver's License as a pre-requisite to employment as an attorney
> 
> Hello Susie:
> 
> Government is the most notorious organ ever created by humans that never thinks before it speaks!  Government takes delight in letting out a lot of hot hair until its courts tell it to quit being silly.  I personally don't understand or know how the posession of a driver's license should translate to mean that I'll do a good job at work, but again, it's government!
> 
> Yes, they'll call me subversive for daring to express my views!  So be it, I guess.
> 
> Notice how government has managed to consistently exempt itself from the general provisions of the ADA?  If this is NOT THE CASE, why are there so many government websites here in the state of Colorado that ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT accessible and finding a person to talk to about these sites is NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE?
> 
> As I write this, I am preparing to CHALLENGE the City & County of Denver in court for failing to make it ONLINE BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONAL PRIVILEGE and SALES TAX licenses filing apps inaccessible.  Same goes for the state of Colorado's Revenue Online website.
> 
> It's always easy to take on small businesses and other private entities for failing to meet ADA provisions, but government always gets unscathe! 
> Wonderful, two wrongs truly don't make a right, and government can continue committing both wrongs!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Olusegun
> Denver, Colorado 
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