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The Continuing Threshold Test For Free Exercise Claims, Andy G. Olree
The Continuing Threshold Test For Free Exercise Claims, Andy G. Olree
Andy G Olree
When a claimant challenges some governmental law or action under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, courts have long required the claimant to make out a prima facie case that the government has burdened the exercise of the claimant’s sincerely held religious beliefs. This requirement has been referred to as the threshold test for free exercise claims, since claimants must make this showing as a threshold matter before courts will proceed to evaluate the burden and the governmental interest at stake under some standard of scrutiny. This Article argues that, while the U.S. Supreme Court has recently adopted …