Reynolds v. United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Reynolds_v._United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation gptkb:98_U.S._145
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:courtYear 1878
gptkbp:date 1879
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:George_Reynolds_v._United_States
gptkbp:heldBy Religious duty is not a defense to a criminal indictment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reynolds v. United States
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Morrison_Waite
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Morrison_Waite
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:George_Reynolds
gptkbp:predecessor free exercise clause jurisprudence
gptkbp:principle Laws are made for the government of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious belief and opinions, they may with practices.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Latter-day_Saints
gptkb:Mormonism
anti-bigamy law
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment
polygamy
free exercise of religion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5