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Air Traffic Controllers Strike
PATCO was decertified in 1981, causing a strike that went on until the Reagan administration -
Equal Access Act
A law passed in federal secondary schools to make sure that all extracurriculars were equal -
Iran-Centra Scandal
Officials sold weapons to Iran in hopes of releasing the hostages during the Reagan administration. -
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
Law establishing pay cuts if Congress didn't reach their goals. It didn't get reduced deficits so it was changed in 1987 to make it more constitutional. -
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
Supreme Court case in which they tried to knock down anti-indecency laws of the Communications Decency Act -
Bush v. Gore
Supreme court case that decided that George W, Bush was the President of the United States. Bush won by electoral votes, and Gore won by the peoples' votes. -
Mitchell v. Helms
Supreme court descision that it's okay to make loans for religious schools