Government influence here may involve housing and zoning, financing, provision of educational and other services, and perhaps criminal investigation. Dinner was a potluck supper at the church with a fund- raising auction to help finance remodeling to make rooms accessible to those with disabilities. The law affecting this activity is the Americans with Disabilities Act, which now requires most public buildings to be accessible to persons in wheelchairs. Trying to unwind before going to bed, I skimmed the newspaper headlines and watched a television program interspersed with a variety of commercial messages. Laws that apply here deal with freedom of speech and use of the media.
Many laws affect citizens in their everyday lives.
A wide variety of governmental functions can be observed in the many roles of law and government in just one person s day. Some government policies regulate actions, others provide protection, still others provide services or financial support. Laws and other public policies involve social services, education, housing, nutrition, food safety, consumer rights and responsibilities, and the environment as well as agriculture, defense, and international affairs. This text was extracted from the publication, MF1049.