ME 2212 Lecture : IMG 1592 Notes From Class
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1st amendment: congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . Reynolds v. united states, 98 u. s. 145, 153 (1879) Congress passed a law banning polygamy: "every person having a husband or wife living, who marries another, whether married or single, in a territory, or other place over which the united. States have exclusive jurisdiction, is guilty of bigamy, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than , and by imprisonment for a term of not more than five years. " Tried a man in utah a mormon, who alleged it was a religious practice. In our opinion, the statute immediately under consideration is within the legislative power of congress. It is constitutional and valid as prescribing a rule of action for all those residing in the. Territories, and in places over which the united states have exclusive control.
