May 29, 2001

The Supreme Court ruled that

The Supreme Court ruled that Casey Martin could use a cart on the PGA tour. Libertarian Party national director Steve Dasbach provided a good response:

This ruling puts the ADA, not the PGA (Professional Golf Association), in charge of how professional golf is played. More important, it will set a precedent for other sports. It means that politicians and judges, rather than sports teams and their owners, will set the rules.

The court is also displaying an inconsistency. This court allowed the Boy Scouts to determine who can be scout leaders and barred a gay man from participating, but it took away the PGA's ability to determine its own rules. In one case, an organization can make its own rules, while in another it can't.

Did President Bush I and Bob Dole, both big ADA supporters, expect a ruling like this to come from their efforts to help the disabled?

"Libertarians Criticize High Court Ruling In Casey Martin Case"