... Russ Feingold, Statement on the Anti-Terrorism Bill (Oct. 25, 2002) The Uniting and Securing America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, or USA PATRIOT Act, grants the federal government new, obstructive surveillance capabilities. Surveillance interfering with every form of communication. From the traditional wiretapping of home phones to extensive tapping and tracing ... of networks of computers. So much authority has been given to the feds that existing laws of privacy and surveillance had to be revised. Title III, which requires ... probab...

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... blacks the right to vote and guaranteed access to public accommodations, such as hotels and restaurants. The act banned discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Johnson signed this bill into law on July 2, 1964. Title 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned unequal use of voting registration requirements. All literacy tests were to be given in ... writing. Title 2 prohibited discrimination in public accommodations based on race, color, religion, or national origin. It gave the Attorney General the ... 1963 stated that men and women must r...

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... and show no signs of a disability. The visible symbols of a disability still causes people to be discriminated against. How and why was law enacted? The Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted July 26, 1990 by congress. This law "legally addressed the widespread and serious social problem of discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, housing, public accommodations, ... for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities and allow these individuals into the economic and social mainstream of American life" (www.findarticles.com). Johnson sai...

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... discrimination against women, often closed career doors to well-educated women. These barriers only began to lower when the women's rights movement gained power during the 1960s. Title IX of the 1972 federal Education Amendments prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions that received federal aid. This legislation began to remove perhaps the most ... Especially since the 1960s, education reformers have argued that special programs and resources were essential to guarantee genuine equality of education to disadvantaged youth. Title I (later called Chapter I)...

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