Important Laws Gov

Bans discrimination on the basis of religion, sex, national origin, and race

• Civil Rights Act 1964

• Voting Rights Act 1965

• Social Security Act

• PATRIOT Act

Government sponsored health insurance for senior citizens

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Affordable Care Act

• Social Security

Government sponsored health insurance for those who meet the income requirement

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Affordable Care Act

• Social Security

Extends the Civil Rights Act to those with disabilities - buildings must be handicapped accessible 

• Americans with Disabilities Act

  (A.D.A.)

• Individuals with Disabilities Act (I.D.E.A.)

• Ramps and Elevators Installment Act

• Social Security

Let’s you stay on your parent’s health insurance until you are 26

Insurance companies cannot deny pre-existing conditions (cancer/HIV/diabetes) 

Expanded Medicaid (more people eligible) 

Mandated birth control and mental health coverage

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Medicare

• The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

• Social Security

Ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court due to an overreach of Congress' power to regulate commerce.

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• PATRIOT Act

• Gun Free School Zones Act

• Social Security

Passed after 9/11

Wiretapping (secret court approval)

Library records could be searched

Critics said this violated the 4th Amendment

• End of the Draft

• PATRIOT Act

• Gun Free School Zones Act

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Allows President to send troops anywhere as long as Congress is notified within 48 hours (Congress has 60 days to act)

• End of the Draft

• PATRIOT Act

• Gun Free School Zones Act

• War Powers Act 1973

Enforces the 15th Amendment

• I.D.E.A.

• PATRIOT Act

• Civil Rights Act 1964

• Voting Rights Act 1965

Any student with a disability is entitled to a FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education). This is why we have Intervention Specialists here at Northview

• No Child Left Behind

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Civil Rights Act 1964

• I.D.E.A.