Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Examples of Religious Freedom Restoration Act in the following topics:

• The Free Exercise Clause: Freedom of Religion

  • The Court established many requirements that had to be met for any restrictions of religious freedom.
  • Examining a state prohibition on the use of peyote, the Supreme Court upheld the law despite the drug's use as part of a religious ritual .
  • In 1993, the Congress passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which sought to restore the compelling interest requirement applied in Sherbert v.
  • In another case in 1997, the Court struck down the provisions of the Act on the grounds that, while the Congress could enforce the Supreme Court's interpretation of a constitutional right, the Congress could not impose its own interpretation on states and localities.
  • In 1990, the Supreme Court banned the use of this drug, demonstrating a move away from the requirement to show "compelling interest" before limiting religious freedom.

• The Affordable Care Act

  • In 2010, Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, initiating the first significant overhaul of the healthcare system since 1965.
  • After months of political wrangling and condemnations of the healthcare reform plan, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed and signed into law on March 23, 2010.
  • The act, which created the program known as Obamacare, represented the first significant overhaul of the American healthcare system since the passage of Medicaid in 1965.
  • Discontent over the Affordable Care Act helped the Republicans capture the majority in the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections.
  • Hobby Lobby, the Court ruled that "closely-held" for-profit corporations could be exempt on religious grounds under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from regulations adopted under the Affordable Care Act that would have required them to pay for insurance that covered certain contraceptives.

• Religious Freedom

  • Controversy continues within the U.S. between those who wish to restrict government involvement with religious institutions and remove religious references from government institutions and property, and those who wish to loosen such prohibitions.
  • The United States formally considers religious freedom in its foreign relations.
  • The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 established the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, which investigates the records of over 200 other nations with respect to religious freedom, and makes recommendations to submit nations with egregious records to ongoing scrutiny and possible economic sanctions.
  • Many human rights organizations have urged the United States to be even more vigorous in imposing sanctions on countries that do not permit or tolerate religious freedom.
  • Illustrate the principle of "religious freedom" in the United States to different scenarios

• Religious Diversity

  • Indeed the United States is quite religiously diverse.
  • Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society.
  • Religious pluralism is sometimes used as a synonym for interfaith dialogue.
  • Freedom of religion encompasses all religions acting within the law in a particular region, whether or not an individual religion accepts that other religions are legitimate or that freedom of religious choice and religious plurality, in general, are good things.
  • Religious symbols represented in this picture reflect the religious diversity in the United States.

• The Glorious Revolution in America

  • He also enforced the Navigation Acts, laws that restricted New England trade.
  • The religious leaders of Massachusetts, Cotton and Increase Mather, opposed Andros's rule and organized dissent to influence the court in London.
  • James also attempted to place sympathizers in Parliament who would repeal the Test Act, which required a strict Anglican religious test for many civil offices.
  • The Massachusetts agents then petitioned the new monarchs and the Lords of Trade (who oversaw colonial affairs) for restoration of the Massachusetts charter.
  • As a result, the restored governments lacked legal foundations for their existence.

• The PATRIOT and Freedom Acts

  • The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act), also commonly known as the Patriot Act, is an Act of the U.S.
  • These included the Protecting the Rights of Individuals Act, the Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act, and the Security and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE), none of which passed.
  • The USA FREEDOM Act ("Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection and Online Monitoring Act"), more commonly known as the Freedom Act, is a U.S. law that was enacted on June 2, 2015, the day after the PATRIOT Act expired.
  • The Freedom Act modified several provisions of the Patriot Act and limited the ability of American intelligence agencies, such as the NSA, to bulk-collect telecommunications data on US citizens.
  • It restored authorization for roving wiretaps and tracking "lone wolf" terrorists.

• American Indian Rights

  • In 1965, the Voting Rights Act put an end to individual states claims on whether or not American Indians were allowed to vote through a federal law.
  • Before the Voting Rights Act, many states had found ways to prevent American Indians from voting, such as residency or literacy requirements.
  • With the passage of the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) in 1968, also called the Indian Bill of Rights, American Indians were guaranteed - at least on paper - many civil rights.
  • The list addressed the failed responsibilities of the U.S. government and demanded the restoration of the 110 million acres of land taken away from Native Nations by the U.S.; the restoration of terminated Native Nation rights; the abolition of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the establishment of immunity of Native Nations from state commerce regulation, taxes, and trade restrictions; the protection of American Indian religious freedom and cultural integrity; and affirmation of the health, housing, employment, economic development, and education for all American Indian people.

• The Dominion of New England

  • The specific objectives of the Dominion included the regulation of trade, an increase in religious freedoms, reformation of land title practices to conform more to English methods and practices, coordination on matters of defense, and a streamlining of the administration into fewer centers.
  • He also enforced the Navigation Acts, laws that restricted New England trade.
  • The religious leaders of Massachusetts, led by Cotton and Increase Mather, were opposed to the rule of Andros and organized dissent targeted to influence the court in London.
  • However, James II became increasingly unpopular in England and faced opposition from the Anglican church hierarchy when he issued the Declaration of Indulgence, establishing some freedom of religion.
  • As a result, the restored governments lacked legal foundations for their existence.

• Louis XIV and the Huguenots

  • It marked the end of the religious wars that had afflicted France during the second half of the 16th century.
  • Additionally, government officials could not be excommunicated for acts committed in pursuance of their duties.
  • The three are similar both as outbursts of religious intolerance ending periods of relative tolerance and in their social and economic effects.
  • The experiment of religious toleration in Europe was effectively ended for the time being.
  • This restored to non-Catholics their civil rights and the freedom to worship openly.

• The Flowering of Black Freedom Struggle

  • During the 1960s the black freedom struggle included the 1963 March on Washington, the 1964 Freedom Summer, and the 1965 March in Selma.
  • It played a major role in organizing sit-ins and freedom rides, the 1963 March on Washington, the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party over the next few years.
  • The march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations.
  • Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which suspended poll taxes, literacy tests, and other subjective voter tests.
  • When Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, only about 100 African Americans held elective office, all in northern states of the U.S.