RELIGION AND THE
CONSTITUTION
Volume II
Professor Leora Harpaz
Fourth Edition, 2010
Prepared for LAW 790, Religion and the Constitution
Western New England University School of Law
Editing Note: Opinions contained herein are heavily edited and
most omissions are not marked with ellipses. Footnotes in
opinions do not retain their original numbering.
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VOLUME II
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
E. Intrusion of Religion into our Civic Life...................................
McGowan v. State of Maryland................................................
Larkin v. Grendel's Den.............................................................
Marsh v. Chambers....................................................................
Lynch v. Donnelly.....................................................................
County of Allegheny v. ACLU..................................................
Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette.............
Van Orden v. Perry....................................................................
McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU.....................................
Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum.....................................
421
421
426
431
438
452
468
478
494
511
F. Discrimination against Particular Religions...............................
Gillette v. United States..............................................................
Larson v. Valente........................................................................
Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue......................
521
521
526
533
G. Preferential Treatment of Religions..........................................
Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc..............................................
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos................................
Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock.................................................
Board of Educ. of Kiryas Joel Village Sch. Dist. v. Grumet.....
537
537
540
548
558
CHAPTER 2 - FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION
A. What is Religion?......................................................................
United States v. Seeger..............................................................
Malnak v. Yogi..........................................................................
United States v. Kuch................................................................
Africa v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania................................
573
573
580
591
593
B. Protection for Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs........................ 601
United States v. Ballard............................................................. 601
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C. Protection Against Forced Affirmations of Belief.....................
Torcaso v. Watkins....................................................................
Wooley v. Maynard...................................................................
McDaniel v. Paty.......................................................................
607
607
609
612
D. The Belief/Action Dichotomy...................................................
Reynolds v. United States..........................................................
Cantwell v. Connecticut............................................................
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette.................
Prince v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts..............................
Braunfeld v. Braun....................................................................
617
617
618
620
627
632
E. Free Exercise Challenges to Denial of Government Benefits....
Sherbert v. Verner......................................................................
Thomas v. Review Board...........................................................
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida......
Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security.............
637
637
643
649
651
F. Free Exercise Claims to Special Treatment...............................
Wisconsin v. Yoder....................................................................
United States v. Lee....................................................................
Bob Jones University v. United States.......................................
Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor.........
Goldman v. Weinberger.............................................................
Bowen v. Roy.............................................................................
O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz.......................................................
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetary Protective Association......
653
653
660
663
665
667
674
681
686
G. The Free Exercise Clause Since 1990 and Statutory Substitutes
Employment Division v. Smith.................................................
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah..............
Locke v. Davey..........................................................................
Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.............................
City of Boerne v. Flores............................................................
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.............
Cutter v. Wilkinson...................................................................
695
695
706
718
724
726
731
735
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