Quotes · Quote card
Quotation from Olmstead v. L. C. by Supreme Court of the United States
“First, institutional placement of persons who can handle and benefit from community settings perpetuates unwarranted assumptions that persons so isolated are incapable or unworthy of participating in community life.”
Olmstead v. L. C., Opinion of the Court (Justice Ginsburg), Part III-A (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Justice Ginsburg gives the first of two reasons for treating needless institutional isolation as discrimination.
Citation: "First, institutional placement of persons who can handle and benefit from community settings perpetuates unwarranted assumptions that persons so isolated are incapable or unworthy of participating in community life." — Supreme Court of the United States, Olmstead v. L. C., Opinion of the Court (Justice Ginsburg), Part III-A (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id olmstead-v-lc-q2)
Portrait: Ruth Bader Ginsburg official SCOTUS portrait (cropped), Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain.
