Ruling on Disabled

The Supreme Court decision substantially weakening the Americans With Disabilities Act in the name of states rights (Feb. 22) was repugnant, but hardly surprising. The five-member conservative majority has established a long-running, consistent pattern of bizarre logic to support a warped sense of justice.

The only time this court has ever given clear direction to uphold the 14th Amendment was when the court used “equal protection under the law” as a flimsy argument to abolish an election that might have kept George W. Bush out of the White House. In all other cases over the past several years, the people have lost, and extreme conservatism has won.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN

San Luis Obispo