REL 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Free Exercise Clause, Intermediate Scrutiny, Strict Scrutiny

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: REL 130
• Professor: altman

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Free exercise clause: must have legitimate government interest, must be reasonably related to that interest, (cid:862)ratio(cid:374)al (cid:271)asis(cid:863, plaintiffs rarely win. Heightened scrutiny: must have important or significant government interest, must be substantially related to that interest, (cid:862)i(cid:374)ter(cid:373)ediate s(cid:272)ruti(cid:374)(cid:455) test(cid:863, plaintiffs and government win equally as often. Strict scrutiny: must have compelling or overriding governmental interest, must be narrowly tailored to that interest, (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pelli(cid:374)g state i(cid:374)terest test(cid:863, government rarely wins. Cantwell v. connecticut (1940: question, did the soli(cid:272)itatio(cid:374) statute or the (cid:862)(cid:271)rea(cid:272)h of the pea(cid:272)e(cid:863) ordi(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:448)iolate the ca(cid:374)t(cid:449)ell"s first a(cid:373)e(cid:374)d(cid:373)e(cid:374)t free spee(cid:272)h or free e(cid:454)er(cid:272)ise rights? (yes) Jeho(cid:448)ah"s wit(cid:374)esses pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) prosel(cid:455)tizi(cid:374)g: used 14th amendment to extend free exercise down to local level, heightened scrutiny, cantwell won. Sherbert v. verner (1963: seventh day adventist fired for cause for not working saturdays, could not collect unemployment from the state, question, did the denial of unemployment compensation violate the first and. Fourteenth amendments? (yes: strict scrutiny, first amendment requires exemptions, sherbert won.