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The Free Exercise Clause is the part of the First Amendment that reads: Congress shall make no law ... prohibiting the free exercise (of religion) ... The Supreme Court has, of course, never interpreted this clause in a completely literal way.Murderis illegal, for example, regardless of w...
Supreme Court decisions, including the controversial Hobby Lobby case, that have defined, expanded and limited this clause, and finally, argues that the Court in interpreting the Free Exercise clause should be mindful of the writings of seventeenth century political philosopher John Locke (1632-1704)...
The two "religion clauses" of the First Amendment appear at the beginning of the Amendment. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" (the Establishment Clause) "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" (the Free Exercise Clause). As constitutional scholar George ...
There is still so much controversy over the free exercise clause. It is still open to interpretation and that's probably why its application keeps changing with time. Why was the clause written so generally? It has give way to so much confusion as to what the founders really meant. Why di...
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Free Conscience in Decline: The Insignificance of the Free Exercise Clause and the Role of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in the Wake of Hobby Lobby Unfortunately, the modern Free Exercise Clause doctrine favors a progressive interpretation concerned more with efficiency and practicality than mean...
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The purpose of the Establishment Clause is not to safeguard individual religious rights. That is the role of the Free Exercise Clause, indeed its singular role. The purpose of the Establishment Clause, rather, is as a structural restraint on governmental power. Because of its structural character...
From 1963 to 1990 the Supreme Court took the view that the free exercise clause did require some religious exemptions from generally applicable laws. The court acknowledged that many laws had to be applied to everyone, including to religious objectors (e.g., laws against murder or trespassing)...