I’m still pro se litigating my case against TennCare. I’ve been finding it very hard to research case law.
I’ve noticed that the Attorney General and other arms of the Tennessee Judicial Branch have access to legal research tools like Thomas Reuters Westlaw. These legal research tools provide an advantage that seems like they could give people like me a decent chance if we had access.
As an indigent disabled adult, paying for access to such resources is beyond me. A Casetext.com and Westlaw subscription would cost $400 a month. I figured I’d ask Thomas Reuters if they’d discount the service or allow me pro bono/free access. I figure it’d cost them practically nothing to do so. And helping a disabled adult have human rights is a worthy cause, so… It’s worth doing?
So I chatted up support on Casetext.com and was told they don’t offer discounts or other accommodations and “pricing is pretty standard”. The typical ‘money is the master’ policy answer that reinforces why disabled adults don’t have rights. Even when people like me try to fight for them, there’s practically zero direct support.
TennCare and it’s counsel are armored up and armed to the teeth with advantage, and people like me who are so sick even trying to litigate our cases causes us serious harm, we are expected to fight against them in court.
Disabled Adults Don’t Have Rights In Tennessee, and Won’t Until Something Changes.
I think a lot of people assume there is ‘someone’ or ‘something’ to help and protect disabled adults from State mediated civil and constitutional rights deprivations. As I’ve been finding, there seems to be virtually no one and nothing attending to and assisting people like me.
Defend The Disabled 