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Andrew Straw is a person with disabilities who practiced disability law and engages in disability reform advocacy.  http://disability.andrewstraw.com/  Straw was a Virginia lawyer and has served as corporate counsel for billionaire Alan M. Voorhees, who designed the Interstate Highway System and the Metro in Washington DC.  Straw then worked for the Chief Justice of Indiana and was the assistant dean in charge of the International Programs at Indiana University-Maurer School of Law.  He grew up in Indiana.  

Andrew Straw was born at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, where his father was training as a U.S. Marine for his Vietnam duty.  Straw was thus poisoned on the first days of his life but was denied compensation and health care.  Straw v. Wilkie, 843 F. App’x 263 (Fed. Cir. 1/15/2021); Straw v. United States, 4 F.4th 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2021).  Straw started a group for people born or poisoned there called Children of Camp LeJeune.  Congress voted to compensate people like Straw and his dead mother from the poisoning (S. 3373, Title VIII, Sec. 804).  This new law was passed in the U.S. House by 342-88 and the U.S. Senate by 86-11.  On August 10, 2022, it became Public Law 117-168, 136 Stat. 1802-1804.  

Straw has visited 16 countries and has lived in the United States, Italy, New Zealand, Turkey, and the Philippines.  Straw provided services to the Italian Foreign Ministry as a contractor and passed the written U.S. Foreign Service Officer Test in 1998.  For more information, Straw’s CV can be found at www.andrewstraw.com.  Straw has lived in the Philippines for a7 years, from June 2018 – present, studying disability access in that country, but may one day return to the United States when the disability human rights situation improves.  

Straw is an asylum seeker due to the discrimination and human rights violations of state and federal courts in the USA.  http://cpa.andrewstraw.com   Andrew Straw lives not far from where his father was stationed in Vietnam.

Straw is an active court reform advocate. See:

http://bivens.andrewstraw.com 

http://chief.andrewstraw.com 

PROFILE: http://profile.andrewstraw.com

Disability Employment Awareness Month

October 27, 2022 by Andrew Straw Leave a Comment

As the month of October comes to a close, it is worth considering how Disability Employment Awareness Month applies to the State of Indiana.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Disability and Democracy

Ballot Access Candidates: A National Mandate

October 15, 2022 by Andrew Straw Leave a Comment

Another election is about to come and go, but the results for smaller parties depend on the results in certain races.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Disability and Democracy, Third Party, Voter Access

On Gerrymandering And Judicial Democracy

October 12, 2022 by Andrew Straw 1 Comment

Voter ID, Partisan Gerrymandering Struck Down In NC Rulings 

I am against gerrymandering and want to see every instance of it abolished so Americans have more equality and power when they vote.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Direct Democracy and Referendums, Judicial Elections, Redistricting, Supreme Court

Courts: Enemies of Democracy and Equality?

September 22, 2022 by Andrew Straw Leave a Comment

Courts: Enemies of Democracy and Equality?

It has never been the lawyers causing all the trouble. Instead, it is courts that promise the world and [yet] yield so little justice.

Filed Under: DC Authors

Camp Lejeune Victim Or Scammer?

September 13, 2022 by Andrew Straw Leave a Comment

My work and cases are evidence of a work ethic he likely has never experienced before, not evidence of me being a scammer.

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Camp LeJeune Act Passes, Biden Signed on August 10, 2022

August 23, 2022 by Andrew Straw Leave a Comment

Every child and spouse or former spouse of any veteran should have health coverage and it should apply no matter where they live.

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2022: Year Of Radical Change For Camp Lejeune Justice

August 4, 2022 by Andrew Straw Leave a Comment

Indiana has been a purple state dominated and oppressed by Republicans who stack every deck in their own favor, all three branches.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Disability and Democracy, Military Voting, Voter Access

Goodbye Roe v. Wade, Goodbye Rule Of Law

May 5, 2022 by Andrew Straw 2 Comments

Congress should impeach judges who act like that because it is not good behavior, and they were asked not to act that way when they were confirmed.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Civil Rights Era, Supreme Court

Congress Takes Responsibility For Camp Lejeune Poisoning Victims

March 14, 2022 by Andrew Straw 5 Comments

I was born at Camp LeJeune and had 19 months of exposure to the toxins at the base in utero and as an infant as my father trained for his Vietnam duties.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Cambodia, Vietnam

An Exiled American Attorney On Philippines’ President Duterte

March 8, 2022 by Andrew Straw 2 Comments

Before I moved here, Duterte launched a crackdown on crime. I don’t know what it was like before, but I’ve never been in a place with less crime.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Asia, Philippines

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