JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: The Supreme Court today heard arguments in a case involving the rights of the disabled. Should a professional golfer be allowed to use a cart during tournaments? Senior Washington correspondent Charles Bierbauer has the details -- Charles.</s>CHARLES BIERBAUER, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Jeanne, this is the first time that the U.S. Supreme Court has considered whether the Americans with Disabilities Act extends to professional athletics. There's no question of when a PGA tour, which sponsors tournaments, must accommodate spectators at the golf tournaments, people who watch the golfers. But the question comes up as to whether the ADA Act applies to the golfers themselves, a distinction made here as those outside the ropes and those inside the ropes playing on the course. The justices here must also discern whether the petition by Casey Martin, this young professional golfer, to use a golf cart would be a fundamental alteration of the rules. Casey Martin himself was asked whether he thinks the rules are changed when he rides in a golf cart.</s>CASEY MARTIN, PROFESSIONAL GOLFER: Yes, certainly there's disappointment that -- you know that the tour's made their case that they want to make their own rules. And they could have made their own rule to accommodate me, but they chose not to. So it's frustrating that -- I think they could have been done both ways. They could have retained their right to rule and made an exception, but they didn't. So this is the result of that.</s>MESERVE: Charles Bierbauer, thanks so much.
Supreme Court Hears Case of Disabled Pro Golfer