His love and study of the Constitution has been a driving force in his life. The Constitution, however, doesn’t only provide protections for individuals facing criminal charges. It also provides equal protection and substantive due process rights outside of the criminal justice system. The Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law that has helped extend some of these rights and fill in the gaps where the Constitutional rights didn’t go far enough. Millions of Americans have benefited from the wide-ranging reforms under this law.