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Air-traffic Controllers Strike
Air-traffic controllers were concerned with the working conditions they were being provided by the FAA. -
Equal Access Act
United States federal law to make secondary schools provide equal access to extracurricular clubs. -
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
The law provided for automatic spending cuts to take effect if both the president and Congress failed to reach established targets. -
Iran-Contra Scandal
Officials sold weapons to Iran in hopes of releasing the hostages during the Reagan administration. -
Westside Community School District v. Mergens
Conflict over whether or not Bible study was allowed in school. The decision was that it was allowed, but the person teaching it could not be paid. -
Reno v. ACLU
This court case dealt with the kind of information accessible online and the possible 4th and 5th Ammendment violations because the types of internet communications available is to vague. -
Mitchell v. Helms
This case dealt with the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 in which money and materials were provided to public and private elementary schools. In Louisiana, most of these funds were going to private religious schools and the public school board felt that this violated the 1st Ammendments garantee that the government would not set a religion. -
Bush v. Gore
Supreme court case that decided that George W, Bush was the President of the United States. In the circumstances of this case, any manual recount of votes wanting to meet the December 12th deadline would be unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.