| Racial Discrimination in Voting |
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| The Voting Rights Act prohibits voting discrimination against all people, including minorities and people with limited English speaking skills. The Voting Rights Act requires that state and local elections must be equally open to all minority voters. It also provides that each vote is equal. Although the Voting Rights Act protects every American against racial discrimination in voting, it specifically protects from discrimination those citizens whose heritage is African-American, Native American, Native Alaskan, or Hispanic. More... |
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| Voting Rights for the Disabled |
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| Congress has passed the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (Act) for the purpose of making polling places physically accessible to persons with disabilities. The Act was intended to help establish standards for ensuring such access to polling places used for federal elections.
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| Child Pornography, the Internet, and the First Amendment |
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| The question of child pornography--especially on the readily-accessible Internet--is the subject of debate and legislation. The Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today (PROTECT) Act was passed to protect children from kidnappers and pedophiles. Signed into law in 2003, the PROTECT Act created a national network for the immediate and widespread broadcast of news of child abductions and increased the penalties for the crimes of child abuse and kidnapping. Other laws attempting to protect children on the Internet have also been enacted, and sometimes stricken.
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| Students' Civil Rights |
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| The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA) was passed as an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII prohibits discrimination and harassment by many employers on the basis of a person's race, color, national origin, religion, and sex. More... |
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| Domestic Security: Air Travel |
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| The Transportation Security Administration has said that it plans to use data on June 2004 airline passengers to test its new Secure Flight Program, which is designed to prescreen airline passengers against "watch lists" of suspected terrorists. It is expected that the Secure Flight Program will become fully operational in early 2005. It is also anticipated that current "watch lists" used by individual airlines will be replaced by lists maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center, which is administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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