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The Court decided that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests for regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting the woman's health.
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Intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War, ended direct U.S. military involvement, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam.
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The renewal of the highway bill for the next five years, authorizing $18.35 billion
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Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies, in programs receiving Federal financial assistance, in Federal employment, and in the employment practices of Federal contractors.
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Anti-Poverty program created by Lyndon Johnsons Econmis oportunity act of 1964 as the domestic version of the Peace Corps.
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The term given by political commentators to U.S. President Richard Nixon's executive dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus on October 20, 1973 during the Watergate scandal.
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Federal law intended to check the power of the President in committing the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of congress
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Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a " consequence of economis growth and development umtempered by adequate concern and conservation".
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United States federal law that established the process of presidential disaster declarations.
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Is a private, non-profit corporation established by the United States Congress. It seeks to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil legal assistance to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it.
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The watergate scandal escalated despite efforts by the Nixon administration to cover it up, costing Nixon much of his political support, and on August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office
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These elections were held in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Richard M. Nixon's resignation from the presidency, and Gerald Ford's subsequent pardon of Nixon. These circumstances hurt the Republicans, and they lost seats in both houses of Congress.
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It was passed to help industry in the United States become more competitive or phase workers into other industries or occupations.
