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Breyer expressed concern that Carson v. Makin could require states to fund religious schools with taxpayer money, writing that the ruling paid "almost no attention" to the First Amendment's prohibitions on the state's establishment of religion while "giving almost exclusive attention" the Amendment's prohibitions on religious free exercise. [16]
Carson v. Makin, 596 U.S. 767 (2022) Excluding "sectarian" schools from a tuition assistance program violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. 507 (2022) The firing of a public high school football coach for saying a prayer on the field violated his First Amendment rights.
Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church in North America, 344 U.S. 94 (1952) Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral, 363 U.S. 190 (1960) Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church, 393 U.S. 440 (1969) Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for the United States of America & Canada v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696 (1976) Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S ...
Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment required the government to demonstrate both a compelling interest and that the law in question was narrowly tailored before it denied unemployment compensation to someone who was fired because her job requirements substantially conflicted ...
In a complex and fragmented decision, the majority held that the County of Allegheny violated the Establishment Clause by displaying a crèche in the county courthouse, because the "principal or primary effect" of the display was to advance religion within the meaning of Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), when viewed in its overall context.
Cantwell v. Connecticut , 310 U.S. 296 (1940), is a landmark court decision [ 1 ] [ 2 ] by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment 's federal protection of religious free exercise incorporates via the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applies to state governments too.
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Lord Justice Laws dismissed Carson's appeal, and he quoted from Corner v United Kingdom (Application No. 11271/84, decision of 17 May 1985, unpublished): [1] para 74 The Commission has held that the 'freezing' of a pension at a particular level when a person leaves the United Kingdom does not amount to a deprivation of possessions infringing ...