Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates September 1999 No. 6 Vol. 2
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Defining "Disability" in the ADA

Correctable Medical Conditions and the Battle in the Courts

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Amicus Curiae

Seth P. Waxman, Counsel of Record Following passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990, the EEOC developed an Interpretive Guidance for the implementation of the Act, stating that a claimant’s disabilities should be considered in their original, uncorrected state. Mr. Waxman was nominated to be Solicitor General by President Clinton on September 17, 1997, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate that November. Named Assistant Solicitor General in October 1996, he had been Acting Solicitor General since September 1, 1997. From April through July 1997, he was also Acting Deputy Attorney General. Mr. Waxman is a 1977 graduate of…

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