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A Right You Cannot Use

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From RN Collins, selected work

The article, the sources and the image credits behind this post, each linked to the original.

The articleRead RN's full article in The Polymath polymath-rn-collins.beehiiv.com

Research cited

  1. Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970) law.cornell.edu
  2. Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) law.cornell.edu
  3. Social Security Administration, Publication No. 05-10058, Your Right to Question the Decision Made on Your Claim ssa.gov

Other sources

  1. 28 C.F.R. 35.130(b)(7)(i) and 35.160(a)(1) (ADA Title II regulations) ecfr.gov
  2. Wikimedia Commons, Honolulu-LaniakeaYWCA-stairwell.JPG, Joel Bradshaw, public domain commons.wikimedia.org
  3. American Bar Association, Civil Right to Counsel americanbar.org
  4. The Polymath, Law Happens Somewhere series page polymath-rn-collins.beehiiv.com

Images, slide by slide

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Illustrative photo: the entrance of a Social Security Administration field office in Corning, New York, a low stone-and-brick building with a canopy over the doorPhoto: J. PassepartoutPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the front of the Hsinchu City service center of Taiwan's National Immigration Agency, with a steel roll-down shutter closed over the glass doorsPhoto: Solomon203Photo record
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Illustrative photo: a shelf of bound Federal Reporter volumes, Third Series, numbers 425 to 432, with red and black labels on the spines, in a public library in San Jose, CaliforniaPhoto: CoolcaesarPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the internet computer corner of the Toyoshina public library in Azumino, Japan, two desktop monitors and keyboards on a counter with the screens offPhoto: Asturio CantabrioPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the main hallway inside the Hot Spring County Courthouse in Arkansas, empty, with a wooden bench on the left and a stairway at the far endPhoto: BrandonrushPhoto record
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The west front of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., photographed in October 2013 after its facade restorationPhoto: Architect of the CapitolPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the headquarters of the Social Security Administration in Maryland, a modern office tower and wings behind a parking lot, with a tree and a white van in front, photographed in May 2010Photo: CoolcaesarPhoto record
Slide 6c
Illustrative photo: a TTY, a text telephone for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, open on a counter at San Francisco International Airport, with printed instructions on its lid and a silver information phone beside it, photographed August 4, 2025Photo: MissvainPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: an empty courtroom in the Cherokee County Courthouse in North Carolina, with the judge's bench, the bar rail and rows of wooden gallery seatsPhoto: Harrison KeelyPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the closed double wooden doors of the district court building in Zabrze, Poland, under a carved stone gablePhoto: Andrzej Otrębski, croppedPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the columned entrance and front steps of the Shelby County Courthouse on Adams Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, built 1906 to 1909Photo: Warren LeMayPhoto record
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Illustrative photo: the interior stairwell and landing of the Laniākea YWCA building on Richards Street in Honolulu, photographed June 6, 2010, with wooden handrailsPhoto: Joel BradshawPhoto record

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