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The plaintiffs argued that the rule violated protections for religious freedom under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment and a federal law called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The ...
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act was a cornerstone for tribes challenging the National Forest Service's plans to permit upgrades to Arizona's Snowbowl ski resort. Six tribes were involved, including the Navajo, Hopi, Havasupai, and Hualapai. The tribes objected on religious grounds to the plans to use reclaimed water.
In a similar spirit, Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act provides that the state “may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if [it] demonstrates that application ...
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is clear that it protects religious freedom for all Hoosiers, and the Court of Appeals’ decision today reflects that clear directive.”
Local zoning authorities denied the permit, citing an ordinance governing additions and new construction in a historic district. The archbishop brought suit, challenging the ruling under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993. Flores argued that the Boerne, Texas, congregation had outgrown the existing structure, rendering the ...
The federal government passed a "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" in 1993, and about two dozen states have their own version. Why business groups, Democrats think the religious freedom law could ...
Flores, the Court again took a narrow view of the Congressional power of enforcement, striking down a provision of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) that sought to forbid the states from placing burdens on religious practice in the absence of a compelling state interest in doing so.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), as originally passed by Congress in 1993 with bipartisan support, was designed to protect the people from the government imposing its will on an ...