CJ 4450 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Peyote, Minersville School District V. Gobitis, Prohibition Of Drugs

• School: App State
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 4450
• Professor: Marian Williams

Document Summary

Morally sound : soon, the ballard test was used to determine if a religion was sound , ballard v. us (1944) Allowed for military combat exemption for certain religions (e. g. quakers: however, what if those beliefs are not part of a recognized, organized religion, but to religious beliefs in general, us v. seeger (1965) Ussc said yes; the language of the statute states supreme being, which was broad enough to encompass seeger"s religious exemption to the war. Religious liberty free exercise: practice of religion is not absolute, generally, the ussc rules on a case-by-case basis regarding practices, cantwell v. connecticut (1940) Ussc said yes; states need to create a valid secular policy; as long as the regulation serves a valid, secular purpose, it is okay: after cantwell, the valid secular policy test was applied inconsistently. Ussc upheld a stae law that made refusal to salute the flag a basis for school expulsion, even though it discriminated against jehovah"s witnesses.