https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/prospective-cop-regarded-as-paranoid-and-irrational/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 13 May 2011 18:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/prospective-cop-regarded-as-paranoid-and-irrational/comment-page-1/#comment-120617 Fri, 13 May 2011 18:45:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22965#comment-120617 Thanks for the cite, Walter. It’ll be interesting to see how cases under the ADAAA develop and whether courts will still use a bit of common sense in interpreting it.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/prospective-cop-regarded-as-paranoid-and-irrational/comment-page-1/#comment-120602 Fri, 13 May 2011 16:44:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22965#comment-120602 N0 Name Guy – Actually the standard is having been involuntary ordered to treatment by a court.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/prospective-cop-regarded-as-paranoid-and-irrational/comment-page-1/#comment-120593 Fri, 13 May 2011 15:45:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22965#comment-120593 Actually, being diagnosed as (or the standard might be in patient treatment for) having mental illness is a disqualifier for owning or possessing firearms, a necessary condition to be a law enforcement officer in these United States.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/prospective-cop-regarded-as-paranoid-and-irrational/comment-page-1/#comment-120586 Fri, 13 May 2011 15:01:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22965#comment-120586 In a rational society, being “paranoid and irrational” would disqualify a person from being a police officer. Now it appears, under the expanded ADA, that possessing those qualities will protect them from being removed from their jobs.

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