“originally—well crafted law that has been so bastardized that it is nothing more than a hollow shell of its original intent.”
There are a few hidden assumptions in that post.
The biggest one is “original intent”.
Whose original intent—yours? Some of the writers of the legislation? Some of the lobbyists for the legislation?
I would argue that there were some dark actors behind the legislation that knew full well the havoc it would cause—and they had “original intent”.
I was part of writing of the original legislation in mid to late 1980’s. Much of the original legislation was aimed at mobility issues and the focus was much more narrow than the broad current laws which has been added to and bastardized by politicians.
As an example, the handicapped parking laws were originally intended for those of us that use wheelchairs full time, but over time the gray panthers screamed loud enough that many changes were made in all states that allowed virtually anyone to use HP. Now, most LE find the law so hard to enforce that no one does so. In fact, I hear from very reliable sources that Walmart forbids local LE from issuing citations in the parking lots.
The ADA, like HP, is a mere shadow of its original content.