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  • Amish Child-Labor Exemption0

    Federal labor laws prohibit children under 16 from working in manufacturing, and children under 18 are restricted from working in other dangerous occupations. The Amish contend that these laws infringe upon their religious beliefs and traditional work ethic, and they

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  • Protecting the Right to Worship0

    On July 27, 2000, both the Senate and the House passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, and President Clinton signed the measure into law on September 22. This law, often known as RLUIPA (pronounced ar-LOOP-uh), provides protection for a right that is foundational in our country: the right to worship.

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  • A Very Public Religion0

    Over the course of the past 13 years Justice Antonin Scalia has emerged as one of the most controversial figures on the Supreme Court. Some claim that he has almost single-handedly pushed the debates concerning the Constitution back to the text itself and away from concerns of social theory and even case precedent.1

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