Add to ORKGVarious legislatures of the United States and those of other countries with transitional legal systems have much to learn from U.S. Congress\u27s mixed record of protecting religious freedom through statute. While legal systems and religious culture differ tremendously worldwide, some general lessons transcend these variances. In this context, the successes and failures of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, (1993) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (1964) are analyzed. Five major conclusions are reached, which focus on the danger of ambiguity and the need for clarity and strictness in order to prove a religious protection act effective
This Note argues that the religious motivation test best secures the religious liberty guaranteed by...
This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from it...
In recent decades, religion\u27s traditional distinctiveness under the First Amendment has been chal...
Various legislatures of the United States and those of other countries with transitional legal syste...
Almost every member of Congress voted to approve the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA...
In the shadow of a 15 year battle between the federal courts and Congress over how much protection i...
Although the Religious Liberty Protection Act appears, on its face, to be simple, there are many con...
Part I of this Note traces the development of the Supreme Court’s First Amendment precedent, includi...
Two religious groups seek the protection of the same neutral-sounding federal law on religious freed...
In 1993 Congress enacted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”), which provided that governm...
This article discusses and analyzes City of Boerne v. Flores, the Supreme Court\u27s 1997 decision i...
In the wake of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and now in anticipation of Craig v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc....
This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from it...
Throughout the late 1980\u27s and into the 1990\u27s, there has been growing concern over how the ju...
In 2000, Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized...
This Note argues that the religious motivation test best secures the religious liberty guaranteed by...
This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from it...
In recent decades, religion\u27s traditional distinctiveness under the First Amendment has been chal...
Various legislatures of the United States and those of other countries with transitional legal syste...
Almost every member of Congress voted to approve the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA...
In the shadow of a 15 year battle between the federal courts and Congress over how much protection i...
Although the Religious Liberty Protection Act appears, on its face, to be simple, there are many con...
Part I of this Note traces the development of the Supreme Court’s First Amendment precedent, includi...
Two religious groups seek the protection of the same neutral-sounding federal law on religious freed...
In 1993 Congress enacted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”), which provided that governm...
This article discusses and analyzes City of Boerne v. Flores, the Supreme Court\u27s 1997 decision i...
In the wake of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and now in anticipation of Craig v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc....
This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from it...
Throughout the late 1980\u27s and into the 1990\u27s, there has been growing concern over how the ju...
In 2000, Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized...
This Note argues that the religious motivation test best secures the religious liberty guaranteed by...
This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from it...
In recent decades, religion\u27s traditional distinctiveness under the First Amendment has been chal...