Attorney General Alan Wilson announces developments in resolving Section 504 lawsuit

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and 16 other states filed a court update Wednesday night to clarify that a recent lawsuit will not take away Section 504 accommodations for anyone with a disability.

The Attorneys General’s Office says the lawsuit is intended to challenge the Biden administration’s use of Section 504 as an unlawful way to coerce states into implementing something that Congress expressly rejected in 1973.

“We’ve been saying all along that there was never any intention to take away 504 accommodations, and this court filing confirms that,” Attorney General Wilson says.

The joint status report says, “Plaintiffs clarify that they have never moved—and do not plan to move—the court to declare or enjoin Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, as unconstitutional on its face.”

Wilson continues his statement by saying, “We never asked the court to throw out Section 504 entirely. We were challenging the Biden administration trying to force states to adopt woke gender ideology by trying to attach it to Section 504 as a condition for federal funding.”

Additionally, the attorney general adds that the filing is a big step towards the lawsuit winding down and going away entirely.

You can read the court filing here.