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Supreme Court Strikes Down RFRA as Unconstitutional
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1997, page 15
On June 25, 1997, the United States supreme court struck down as unconstitutional the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb. In 1993 the RFRA was enacted by congress in response to the supreme court ruling in Employment Division, Dept. of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, 494 ...
Filed under:
Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
Religious Freedom,
Religious Practices.
Location:
Texas.
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