Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Free_Exercise_Clause_of_the_First_Amendment
GPTKB entity
Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1791
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_federal_government
state governments (via incorporation through the Fourteenth Amendment)
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_constitutional_law
Freedom of religion in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
gptkbp:interpretedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Sherbert_v._Verner
gptkb:Employment_Division_v._Smith
gptkb:Reynolds_v._United_States
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits government interference with religious practice
gptkbp:protectedBy freedom of religion
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Establishment_Clause
gptkbp:text Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;...
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Employment_Division,_Department_of_Human_Resources_of_Oregon_v._Smith
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7