City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/City_of_Boerne_v._Flores_(1997)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	1997-02-19
gptkbp:citation	521 U.S. 507
gptkbp:constitution	gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:date	1997-06-25
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:decision	majority opinion
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor gptkb:David_Souter gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:fullName	City of Boerne, Petitioner v. Patrick F. Flores, Archbishop of San Antonio, and United States
gptkbp:heldBy	RFRA is unconstitutional as applied to the states
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
gptkbp:impact	limited the scope of federal laws protecting religious exercise against state and local governments
gptkbp:legalIssue	constitutionality of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) as applied to the states
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor gptkb:William_Rehnquist gptkb:David_Souter gptkb:Antonin_Scalia gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:pages	507
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:City_of_Boerne,_Texas
gptkbp:predecessor	limiting Congress's enforcement powers under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act
gptkbp:reporter	gptkb:U.S.
gptkbp:response	gptkb:Archbishop_Patrick_F._Flores
gptkbp:subject	federalism religious freedom separation of powers
gptkbp:volume	521
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:RFRA
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6