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Air-traffic controllers strike
the union declared a strike, seeking better working conditions, better pay and a 32-hour workweek. -
Equal Access Act
The law was originally heavily promoted by conservative Christian groups to allow students to organize religious clubs in public secondary schools -
Iran-Contra Scandal
it was a political scandal in the United States that came to lightin November 1986. -
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
The House passed the bill 271-154 and the Senate 61-31, and President Ronald Reagan signed the bill on December 12, 1985 -
Westside Community School District v. Mergen
the court ruled on constitutionality of the Act both on its face and as applied to a public secondary school. -
Reno v. ACLU
United States Supreme Court case, in which all nine Justices of the Court voted to strike anti-indecency provisions of the Communications Decency Act (the CDA), finding they violated the freedom of speech provisions of the First Amendment -
Mitchell v. Helms
WLF asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let private schools continue receiving federally-funded computers and other high-tech educational tools -
Bush v. Gore
the Supreme Court of Florida ordered that the Circuit Court of Leon County tabulate by hand 9,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County.