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Employment Division v. Smith

SCOTUS · Decided Decided

Case Overview

Neutral, generally applicable laws need no religious exemptions; denying benefits over sacramental peyote use was constitutional. The decision that produced RFRA and that the current Court keeps narrowing without formally overruling.


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