Treasury ordered to make bills recognizable to blind people

USA Today & AP ^ | 11/28/2006

[SmithL]

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[SmithL]

Friedman, Paul L.

Born 1944 in Buffalo, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 22, 1994, to a seat vacated by Gerhard A. Gesell; Confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 1994, and received commission on June 16, 1994.

Education:
New York University School of Law

Cornell University, B.A., 1965

State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, J.D., 1968

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Aubrey Robinson, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1968-1969
Law clerk, Hon. Roger Robb, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1969-1970
Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1970-1974
Assistant U.S. solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-1976
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1976-1994

Race or Ethnicity: White

[jveritas]

According to this idiot liberal judge the money we are using is illegal. How stupid can these people be? Is there a limit for their stupidity?

[EternalVigilance]

U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman said the government has violated the law...

Congress makes laws. I would challenge this Clinton appointee to show us the law he is referring to.

[new yorker 77]

I'm sure the Judge factored in the billions of dollars in changes to banking and money making facilities that will occur to accommodate the blind.

Ray Charles got paid in all singles.

Problem solved.

[Billthedrill]

I can do a pretty good job by process of elimination. If I can feel it in my wallet it sure isn't a hundred-dollar bill.

[Clock King]

Typical liberal idiot who never set foot in the real world. Every blind person I knew could tell our current bills apart by touch alone. Still, braille on the bills is a good idea.

[pgkdan]

This is ridiculous. The government didn't make these people blind and it shouldn't (and neither should any private entity) be forced to remake the world so that they are not encumbered by their handicap. Being handicapped is a bummer...it's far better to do what most folks do and that's to find a way to get along in the world. Trying to remake the world to ease your handicap will only make people resentful and bitter.

[pgkdan]

Congress makes laws. I would challenge this Clinton appointee to show us the law he is referring to.

Americans with Disabilities Act? Courtesy of Pater Bush.

[Vision]

Nominated by William J. Clinton

Hehehe

[theanonymouslurker]

Presumably the ADA.

Nonetheless, this decision is pure nonsense.

[Squawk 8888]

Canadian bills have had braille on them for quite a while now. The cost is negligible compared to all the anti-counterfeit stuff on them.

[samadams2000]

I have an ass pimple. What about my rights!!!

[CholeraJoe]

Maybe the Bureau of Printing and Engraving should embed a microchip so that the Presidents and other famous people on money could fart a distinctive tune. Washington could be "Yankee Doodle," Lincoln "The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' Jackson "The Battle of New Orleans," and Grant, "Whiskey for my Men and Beer for My Horses."

I'm still working on Jefferson, Hamilton and Franklin.

[Squawk 8888]

Putting braille on the bills is a good idea but it's a policy decision, not a constitutional one. This judge should butt out.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Because of things like this, I picked this user name.....

[dead]

Braille is fine, but what about blind people who have no sense of touch? I think we might need smell and taste indicators. And they should beep different things, just to cover all the bases.

[Coldwater Creek]

My husband has been pretty much blind for the last 15 years.

He has no problem telling bill apart, because I control the finances, and he has no money, just a credit card.

[ozoneliar]

I certainly agree that having very recognizable differences between bills would be a good idea, I don't think a Judge should be mandating it.

[TommyDale]

Here we go again. Why not require talking money? PayPal in Braille?