US “paper money” Found to be Discriminatory

According to a panel of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the United States discriminates against the blind and visually impaired by producing all United States paper currency in the same size and with no other method to determine the value of the bill.  According to an article entitled “Ruling on U.S. Currency and the Blind“, David Stout, New York Times,(May 20, 2008), the case American Council for the Blind v. Paulson, was filed in 2002 in Federal District Court.  In 2006, the Federal District Court ruled against the United States Government, stating that ”the government illegally discriminated against blind people by printing its paper currency on bills of the same size that cannot be distinguished by touch.” id   Two of the three judges on the panel of the appellate court agreed today and upheld the decision.  Although the US Government did not state what action will be taken, the case may be “reheard” by the full 13 judge Circuit Court of Appeals and, perhaps, will be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. id