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Security law public contracts environmental law and more Government law examines interactions of the public with government Whenever a citizen or other person interacts with the government or an agent of the government such as a government employee there are certain laws and standards that the government must follow Some laws are designed to protect individual taxpayers and other the public at large To learn more about government law explore the links to Government Law topics on this page There are two major categories of protections civil rights emanating from the Bill of Rights and federal laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act that build upon those civil rights The first set includes protections that originate in the Bill of Rights the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution The Bill of Rights which originally protected citizens and others within the United States from the actions of the federal government was made applicable to the states through the th 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