Framed by a predatory leopard pattern, the Department of Justice seal becomes a symbol of institutional power, undermining the rights it was created to protect.

The attached memo cites the DOJ's recent claim that the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 do not require states to provide home or community-based services, challenging decades of civil rights precedent established by the 1999 Olmstead decision. The work asks what justice means when legal protections themselves are called into question.