Date of Graduation
5-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Political Science
Advisor/Mentor
Dowdle, Andrew
Committee Member
Corrigan, Lisa
Second Committee Member
Schreckhise, William
Third Committee Member
Stauss, Kim
Abstract
This paper seeks to explain the rhetoric the U.S. Supreme Court uses when deciding disability cases, specifically when the Court upholds or overrides disability rights. The paper attempts to show how when the Court upholds disabled rights they use passive and weak rhetoric, and utilizes active and enforcing rhetoric when overriding disability rights. This paper analyzes this rhetoric inside education, healthcare, and employment cases heard by the Supreme Court.
Keywords
disability; rhetoric; supreme court; civil rights
Citation
Egan, S. (2025). The Different Rhetoric between Upholding and Overriding Disability Rights inside the United States Supreme Court. Political Science Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/plscuht/45
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