Two fascinating cases this year involved interpretations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In both cases the Court leaves the statutory scheme roughly as the Court found it -- which is presumably the goal in addressing such cases, at least when the statute's legitimacy isn't itself the point. In another two cases this year the Court interpreted gun maker liability. They denied such liability in the one case and refused an invitation to deny it in the other. I'll also have something to say about a quick journey from terrorism to civil procedure, and about the scope of environmental review, before offering a concluding thought. Interpreting the disabilities act On June 20th the Court handed down its decision in Stanley v. City of Sanford, allowing what one might naively have considered "discrimination" against a disabled retiree firefighter in the the rejuggling of a pension plan. ` The "Sanford" involved is in Florida, a short drive north fro...