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Coronavirus and the First Amendment

WebThe First Amendment guarantees both the free exercise of religion and the right to peaceable assembly. The scholarly consensus appears to be that states and …

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Compelling State Interest

WebA compelling state (or governmental) interest is an element of the strict scrutiny test by which courts exercise judicial review of legislative and executive branch …

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Christian Scientists

WebChristian Science practitioner Mark Unger poses for a portrait in his home, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, in Ashland, Mass. In the case of Christian Scientists and others …

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Professional Speech Doctrine

WebWritten by David L. Hudson Jr., published on January 1, 2017 , last updated on May 5, 2024. The professional speech doctrine is a concept used more frequently by …

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Religious Rights of Pharmacists and Morning-After Pills

WebFor religious reasons, some pharmacists refuse to dispense morning-after pill. The issue of a pharmacist’s rights to refuse to fill a prescription for emergency …

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Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969 (1969)

WebWritten by Dennis Miles, published on January 1, 2009 , last updated on February 18, 2024. Congress passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969 …

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Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton (2017)

WebAlthough the Court did not mention either rationale, they were probably a background consideration in the case of Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, …

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Hill v. Colorado (2000)

WebThe Supreme Court in Hill v. Colorado (2000) upheld a 1993 state statute regulating protestors outside health facilities because it did not regulate speech, but rather only …

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Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)

WebIn Jacobson v.Massachusetts (1905), the Supreme Court upheld a state’s mandatory compulsory smallpox vaccination law over the challenge of a pastor who …

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Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

WebIn Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), the Supreme Court invalidated a Connecticut law that made it a crime to use birth control devices or to …

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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)

WebIn Webster v.Reproductive Health Services (492 U.S. 501), the U.S. Supreme Court in 1989 upheld several provisions of a Missouri law that regulated the performance …

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Sorrell v. IMS Health (2011)

WebIn Sorrel v. IMS Health Inc., 564 U.S. 552 (2011), six members of the U.S. Supreme Court, led by Justice Anthony Kennedy, struck down Vermont’s Prescription …

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Blood Transfusions and Medical Care against Religious Beliefs

WebA 41-year-old woman, whose refusal of blood because of her religious beliefs was backed by a judge, died. In 1982 in Chicago, a Jehovah’s Witness with a leg …

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Commercial Speech

WebCommercial speech is a form of protected communication under the First Amendment, but it does not receive as much free speech protection as forms of noncommercial speech, …

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Abortion Protests

WebIn this photo, an estimated 5,000 people, women and men, march around the Minnesota Capitol building protesting the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, …

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Time, Place and Manner Restrictions

WebTime, place and manner restrictions are content-neutral limitations imposed by the government on expressive activity. Such restrictions come in many forms, such as …

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Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994 (1994)

WebThe Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994 (FACE) makes it a federal crime to physically obstruct the entrance to a clinic or to use force, the threat of …

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Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 (1947)

WebThe Taft-Hartley Act, known officially as the Labor-Management Relations Act, was passed by Congress on June 23, 1947, over a veto by President Harry S. Truman, …

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Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (1993)

WebCongress adopted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 to override the Supreme Court decision in Employment Division, Department of Human …

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