This document summarizes the history of free exercise of religion in America from the 14th Amendment to modern day. It discusses how authority over religious liberty shifted from states to federal courts after the 14th Amendment. It then outlines the Supreme Court's standards of review (rational basis, intermediate, strict scrutiny) used to resolve conflicts between government power and free exercise rights. Key cases addressing polygamy, conscientious objection, and free exercise exemptions are also summarized.
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Lessons and insights gained from the transistion from apartheid to democracy in South Africa - and it's applicability to agile software development. This was presented at the Agile Africa conference in August 2013.
Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Third amendment, Four, Five Six Seven amendment, Eight, Ninth and Tenth Amendment in bill of Human Rights
Lessons and insights gained from the transistion from apartheid to democracy in South Africa - and it's applicability to agile software development. This was presented at the Agile Africa conference in August 2013.
From Secular Liberalism to "Hobby Lobby"--The State of Religion and the Relig...Larry Catá Backer
Religion has returned to the secular state; does crisis result? Conflating variations of Marxist-Leninist states, whose godless communism” of the 20th century sought to marginalize religion as a political adversary, with the Westphalian state that sought to avoid sectarian conflict by separating the institutional state from the apparatus of religion, modern secular liberal theory has long problematized the role of religion in modern "secular" states. Critics of secular liberal modernity never fully accepted its premises and “post” modernists have sought to undo to “reform” the structures of secular liberalism to provide for a larger space for “religion” in politics and economics. This essay considers the issue of the "return" of religion from a comparative constitutional perspective. Its central premise is that where institutional religion is both protected and engaged in political life through which it seeks to harmonize institutional state and religious government, the resulting system tends to advantage a privileged religion in political life over its political rivals. It develops this thesis by weaving together several stories from developing and developed states where religion has acquired a more privileged role. These illustrate the ways that blasphemy and apostasy laws and the incorporation of religious values skew the nature and application of the rule of law, the nature and limits of direct democracy, the relationship between apostasy and treason, the language of interpretation and the power to participate in that dialogue, and the role of the foreign or minority. The effect is especially pronounced in states formally organized on global secular liberal principles of neutral and tolerant process and values neutrality. It suggests a context for the insight, at the center of secular liberalism’s solicitude for religion, that where the apparatus of institutional religion seeks to enter into the political life of a state its religious beliefs ought not to be accorded any particular deference. It will suggest the nature of the shocks to the constitutional settlement of the U.S. constitution and its now misunderstood model of secularism, which touches on the construction of a shadow religious state within American secular liberalism. To that end the Supreme Court decision in Hobby Lobby is considered in light of the prior discussion. The essay concludes that for secular liberalism the price of preserving the privileging of the practices and autonomy of religion in a multi-religious state is the disbarring of institutional religion (though not religious values) from organized political life. The alternative, privileging (institutional) religion and permitting it a broad institutional right to participate in politics, is very much in evidence abroad.
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FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Limiting Congress to protect both church and state, and the individual’s right to believe
The First Amendment reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” These are the “democratic freedoms,” the liberties that the founders believed to be so necessary to ensuring a free and unfettered people that they crammed them all into the very first of the amendments. For all that, none of these liberties has escaped controversy, and none has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to be absolute or unlimited.
Why Is Religious Freedom Valuable?
The briefest look around the world tells us what happens when politics and religion are allowed to mix. When it comes to conflicts over religion, over our fundamental beliefs about the world and the way life should be lived, the stakes are enormous. Passions run deep, and compromise is difficult. In the United States, where a majority of people are religious, religious battles tend to take place in the courts, under the guidelines set out by the First Amendment.
Although not all the founders endorsed religious freedom for everyone, some of them, notably Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, cherished the notion of a universal freedom of conscience—the right of all individuals to believe as they pleased. Jefferson wrote that the First Amendment built “a wall of separation between church and State.”14 The founders based their view of religious freedom on two main arguments. First, history has shown, from the Holy Roman Empire to the Church of England, that when church and state are linked, all individual freedoms are in jeopardy. After all, if government is merely the arm of God, what power of government cannot be justified? Furthermore, religion can divide society into the factions that Madison saw as the primary threat to republican government and individual liberty. A second argument for practicing religious freedom is based on the effect that politics can have on religious concerns. Early champions of a separation between politics and religion worried that the spiritual purity and sanctity of religion would be ruined if it was mixed with the worldly realm of politics, with its emphasis on power and influence.15
The Establishment Clause
The beginning of the First Amendment, forbidding Congress to make laws that would establish an official religion, is known as the establishment clause. Americans have fought over the meaning of the establishment clause almost since its inception. Although founders like Jefferson and Madison were clear on their position that church and state should be separate realms, other early Americans were not.
establishment clause the First Amendment guarantee that the government will not create and support an official state church
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Essay Questions Exam #1 Due Sunday Oct 19th @ 10pm Emmanuel .docxbridgelandying
Essay Questions Exam #1
Due Sunday Oct 19th @ 10pm
Emmanuel
1. What are the differences between domestic law and international law? What are the sources for international law?
Domestic law is enforced by legit government. Codified by a legitimate government. Domestic law is dominated by dominated by culture. No true international law
International law – 1) a nation can consent to be bound by international law (agree to a treaty)
2)a convention (comes out of the UN) UN has to be signed by each country- international contract. 3) also consent by custom & practices.
2. What is "enfranchisement"? Discuss the amendments in the US Constitution that applies to
Enfranchisement- to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage
Amendments
· 15th – blacks
· 19th –deals with women rights
· 23th –Washington D.C. can vote
· 24th – abolish property tax vote
· 26th – Lower voting age to 18 years
David Lopez
3. What is “ethics”? What is “morality”? What are the differences between ethics, morality and the law? Briefly discuss legal obligations, professional obligations and organizational obligations.
As mentioned in chapter 5, at the most basic level, ethics constitutes right or wrong behavior. It is a branch of philosophy focusing on morality and the way moral principles are derived and implemented. Ethics has to do with the fairness, justness, rightness, or wrongness of an action. Morals are influenced by culture or society, however they are principal’s set individually by person to person. Business ethics and business law are closely intertwined because ultimately the law rests on social beliefs about right and wrong behavior in the business world.
4. What is "pleadings"? Discuss the contents of a complaint.
The complaint and answer, taken together, are known as the pleadings.
-The facts showing that the court has subject- matter and personal jurisdiction
-The facts establishing the plaintiff’s basis for relief,
-The remedy the plaintiff is seeking.
5. Discuss at least four reasons why the court will apply equitable remedies. Note:UMIRU
Equitable remedies include specific performance, an injunction, and rescission. Specific performance involves ordering a party to perform an agreement as promised. An injunction is an order to a party to cease engaging in a specific activity or to undo some wrong or injury. Rescission is the cancellation of a contractual obligation.Todays courts will not grant equitable remedies unless the remedy at law (monetary damages )is inadequate.
6. Briefly discuss the major publication, practices and invention that had an influence on the US Constitution.
Ideas from many people and several existing documents, including the Articles of Confederation and Declaration of Independence had major influences on the publication for the constitution.
7. What is evidence law? What criteria must be met for evidence to be admissible.
The law of evidence provides principle ...
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How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
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How to Build a Module in Odoo 17 Using the Scaffold MethodCeline George
Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
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This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
2. The Fourteenth Amendment
The incorporation of the First Amendment
religion clauses into the Fourteenth
Amendment due process clause:
Shifted principal authority over the American
experiment in religious liberty from the states to
the federal courts.
After the 1940s, most laws in America that
touched religion became subject to First
Amendment influence, if not scrutiny.
3. Free Exercise Rights Versus
Governmental Power
At the heart of a free exercise case if a conflict
between the exercise of governmental power
and the exercise of a private party’s religion.
The challenged governmental entity or officer can
be at any level – federal, state, or local.
A free exercise claimant may be either a religious
individual or a religious group.
4. Free Exercise Claimants
“Justiciability” requirements:
The claimants must state an actual “case or
controversy.”
They must have “standing” to bring the suit.
They must raise a constitutional issue on which a
court has actual “jurisdiction” rather than a
“political question.”
Claimants must also demonstrate that it is their
religious exercise that has been improperly
burdened.
5. Resolving the Conflict
The Court uses two principle methods to
resolve this basic conflict between government
power and free exercise rights.
1. Balance juxtaposed constitutional claims,
reach a judicious decision, and then follow
that reasoning and results in subsequent
cases.
2. Examine the Court’s basic standard of review
of the challenged law. This method is more
commonly utilized.
6. Low-Level Scrutiny
Low-level scrutiny. The Court will uphold the
challenged law if:
(1) it is in pursuit of a legitimate governmental
interest
(2) it is reasonably related to that interest.
This test, often called the rational basis test,
features high judicial deference to the
legislature and other branches of government.
7. Intermediate or Heightened
Scrutiny
Intermediate or heightened scrutiny. The Court
will uphold the challenged law if:
(1) it is in pursuit of an important or significant
governmental interest
(2) it is substantially related to that interest.
This test, often called the intermediate scrutiny
test, is not as deferential to the legislature.
8. High-Level or Strict Scrutiny
High-level or strict scrutiny. The Court will
uphold the challenged law only if:
(1) it is in pursuit of a compelling or overriding
governmental interest
(2) it is narrowly tailored to achieve that interest,
not intruding on the claimant’s rights anymore
than is absolutely necessary.
This test, often called the compelling state
interest test, involves close judicial inquiry into
the purposes and provisions of the law.
9. Free Exercise and Polygamy
(1879-1890)
The Court first applied the free exercise clause
in Reynolds v. United States (1879).
The Court used an extremely narrow reading of
the free exercise clause to uphold congressional
restrictions on individuals and groups that
preached and practiced polygamy.
In this case and other similar cases, the Court
quickly dispensed with the Mormons’ free
exercise arguments.
10. Free Exercise and Conscientious
Objections (1918-1971)
The Court used similar logic to address the
free exercise claims of pacifists who claimed
conscientious objection to war or to oaths
supporting warfare.
Arver v. United States (1918)
United States v. Schwimmer (1929)
United States v. Macintosh (1931)
Girouard v. United States (1946)
11. Freedom and Equality of Religious
Expression (1940-2002)
Freedom of expression was at the core of the
free exercise clause.
Both the eighteenth-century founders and the
nineteenth-century states regarded freedom of
religious speech, press, assembly, and other
expressions of faith to be essential to religious
liberty.
The issue that emerged in the twentieth-
century was whether the federal courts also
should protect freedom of expression under
the free exercise clause.
12. Liberty of Conscience and Free
Exercise Exemptions (1943-1989)
The “unalienable right of private judgment in
matters of religion” includes the freedom to
choose or to change one’s religious beliefs or
practices without coercion or control by
government, and without facing discrimination
or penalties for the religious choices once
made.
Initially, there was discordance between principle
and practice.
13. Neutralizing the Free Exercise
Clause (1982-1993)
From the 1940s to the 1980s, the Supreme
Court read the free exercise clause in
expansive terms.
In the 1980s, the Supreme Court gradually
reduced the free exercise clause to a single
and simple principle of neutrality.
14. Free Exercise in the Age of
Statutes
Employment Division v. Smith (1990)
Weakened free exercise review.
Aided somewhat the cause of religious liberty.
It has done so by pressing litigants and legislators
to look elsewhere in the Constitution for fuller and
firmer protection.
Another irony of the Smith case is that statutes
now provide considerably more protection for
religious liberty than the First Amendment free
exercise clause itself.