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Air-Traffic Controllers Strike
The union declared strike in order to try to get better working conditions, better pay, and a 32 hour work week. -
Equal Access Act
Forced federally funded schools to allow clubs to do things on campus if they allowed other clubs to. -
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Iran-Contra Scandal
Senior officials in the Reagan administration secretly sold weapons to Iran in an attempt to free the hostages. -
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
It was intended to cut the budget deficits, which were the largest in history. -
Westside Community School District v. Mergens
The case was about whether Bible studies were allowed to be held on school grounds. The Court decided that if the school allowed other groups to be on campus, then they have to let them be on campus. -
Reno v. ACLU
The case was about the CDA, which was an act that was intended to prevent obscene messages to be sent to children under the age of 18. The Court ruled that the CDA was a violation of freedom of speech. -
Mitchell v. Helms
The case decided that private, religious schools were allowed to take federal loans. -
Bush v. Gore
Following the controversial 2000 presidential election, the Florida Supreme Court ordered that every county in Florida had to manually recount some ballots. George W. Bush filed a request for review in the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court held that the Florida court's plan for recounting ballots was unconstitutional.