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The Role Of Religious Values In Judicial Decision Making, Scott C. Idleman Apr 1993

The Role Of Religious Values In Judicial Decision Making, Scott C. Idleman

Indiana Law Journal

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The Right To Religion-Based Exemptions In Early America: The Case Of Conscientious Objectors To Conscription, Ellis M. West Jan 1993

The Right To Religion-Based Exemptions In Early America: The Case Of Conscientious Objectors To Conscription, Ellis M. West

Political Science Faculty Publications

One of the more controversial decisions handed down by the Supreme Court in recent years was its decision in the case of Employment Division, Oregon v. Smith, which raised the basic issue of whether the free exercise clause of the First Amendment guarantees a right to religion-based exemptions, i.e., whether it gives persons and groups a prima facie right to be exempt from having to obey valid laws when they have religious reasons for noncompliance. More specifically, in Smith, two Native Americans claimed that their prosecution for using an illegal drug, peyote, was precluded by the free exercise clause …


The First Americans And The "Free" Exercise Of Religion, Martin C. Loesch Jan 1993

The First Americans And The "Free" Exercise Of Religion, Martin C. Loesch

American Indian Law Review

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