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U.S. History

  • Air-traffic Controllers Strike

    Air-traffic Controllers Strike
  • Equal Access Act

    Equal Access Act
    Passed into law by Ronald Reagan to allow bible and religious use in public schools and fascilities.
  • Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act

    A budget, control plan, made to balance government budgets by 1991
  • Iran-Contra Affair

    Iran-Contra Affair
    Reagan administrative officials were discovered fascilitating the sales of arms to Iran.
  • Westside Community School District vs.Mergens

    Westside High School, in District 66, located in Omaha Nebraska, refused to let a group of students wishing to form a Christian Bible Study Club within their school. Bridget Mergens is the name of the student who initiated the process to start the club. Decided June 4th 1990
  • Reno vs. ACLU

    Striking a tremendous victory for the future of the First Amendment on the Internet, the Supreme Court ruled in Reno v. ACLU that the federal Communications Decency Act (CDA) is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech, affirming a lower court decision. Passed Febuary 1996
  • Mitchell vs. Helms

    Mitchell vs. Helms
    Oral dispute, based on religious freedom June 28, 2000
  • Bush vs. Gore

    Bush vs. Gore
    Presidential Election of 2000, which was a tuff and confrentational race for presidency. Bush came out on top December 18th.