The United States Supreme Court's own opinion in City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997), the primary legal record of the decision holding that Congress exceeded its authority in applying the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to the states, narrowing RFRA's reach. Its strength is that it is the court's own text of the ruling, the highest authority for what the decision actually held. Its limit is that it records the court's holding and reasoning only; the case's later practical and legislative consequences are a separate matter for other sources to establish.
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Tier one: the Supreme Court's own opinion in City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997), a primary legal record of the decision narrowing RFRA's reach. NotesThe Supreme Court's own opinion in City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997), holding that Congress exceeded its Fourteenth Amendment enforcement power in extending the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to the states. A primary legal record of the decision that narrowed RFRA's reach after Employment Division v. Smith prompted its passage.
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AuthorSupreme Court of the United States
Publication Year1997
URLhttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/521/507/
Source Typelegal
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This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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