COVID-19 mandates and the ADA, Supreme court redistricting

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A passenger wears personal protective equipment on a Delta Airlines flight
A passenger wears personal protective equipment on a Delta Airlines flight as a map depicting the spread of COVID-19 is displayed on a monitor after landing at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. John Minchillo/AP Photo

A law professor helps us understand where vaccine and mask mandates cross over with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Then, WPR’s State Capitol Bureau Chief previews Wisconsin Supreme Court arguments over the state’s legislative maps.

Featured in this Show

  • Disability rights and the pandemic

    Tens of millions of Americans are at high risk for severe disease or death from COVID-19. Could the ADA, which requires reasonable accommodations like extra time on tests, apply to aspects of the pandemic that decrease at-risk people’s access to public space, like mask mandate bans?

  • Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments over redistricting maps

    The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week on eight different proposals for how the state’s legislative maps should be redrawn. We check in on the redistricting process and where it could go from here.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Lorin Cox Producer
  • Peter Blanck Guest
  • Shawn Johnson Guest