Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

2012-06-15 Thread Volokh, Eugene
From: Volokh, Eugene Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 10:44 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA I disagree on very much with Marci, and I’m not sure that the Sherbert/Yoder test would have been inapplicable to

RE: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Lund
test, if we agree that “compelling interest” can’t mean here what it might mean in other places? Best, Chris From: Volokh, Eugene Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 10:44 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

Re: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

2012-06-17 Thread Steven Jamar
214 P.3d 1004, 1008-09 (Ariz. 2009)). No confusion, as far as I > can tell. So what then is wrong with RFRA’s compelling-interest test, if we > agree that “compelling interest” can’t mean here what it might mean in other > places? > > Best, > Chris > > From: Vo

RE: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

2012-06-17 Thread Alan Brownstein
ics' Subject: RE: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA I wanted to send out a thought relating to earlier posts by Mark Graber and Eugene Volokh. They suggest an intermediate standard of review, somewhere between strict scrutiny and Smith. I think they are right on the key point.

Re: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

2012-06-17 Thread Douglas Laycock
Alan is too modest for shameless plugs, but he has written very thoughtfully about the need for more fine-grained analysis of free exercise questions, with multiple tests depending on context, in an article in 2006 or so. I think it's called Taking Free Exercise Seriously. On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 2

RE: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

2012-06-17 Thread Eric Rassbach
quishier standards that can easily be overcome by inevitable government invocations of "security." Eric ___ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher Lund [l...@wayne.edu] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 4:36 PM To: &#

RE: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

2012-06-17 Thread Christopher Lund
reaching, but object to the linguistics of the test. That's what I'm not understanding. Best, Chris -Original Message- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Rassbach Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:02 PM To: Law &am

Re: Strict scrutiny, from Sherbert/Yoder to RFRA

2012-06-18 Thread Jesse Merriam
> > > From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu > [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Christopher Lund > [l...@wayne.edu] > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 1:36 PM > > To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics' > Subj