Free Exercise Clause
E1214
The Free Exercise Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that protects individuals’ rights to practice their religion without undue government interference.
Observed surface forms (6)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional clause
ⓘ
legal doctrine ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1791 ⓘ |
| allows | neutral laws of general applicability to burden religion in some circumstances ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
corporations in some contexts
ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
individuals ⓘ religious organizations ⓘ state governments of the United States ⓘ |
| basisForDoctrine | ministerial exception ⓘ |
| category |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
First Amendment rights
civil liberties ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Establishment Clause ⓘ |
| draftedBy | First United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| extendedToStatesBy |
Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| foundInDocument |
Bill of Rights
ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ |
| historicalContext | response to concerns about religious persecution ⓘ |
| incorporatedThrough |
Due Process Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
|
| influencedBy |
James Madison
ⓘ
Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ |
| interpretedInCase |
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
ⓘ
Cantwell v. Connecticut ⓘ Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah ⓘ Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ Fulton v. City of Philadelphia ⓘ Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission ⓘ Reynolds v. United States ⓘ Sherbert v. Verner ⓘ Wisconsin v. Yoder ⓘ |
| languageAppliesTo |
United States Congress
ⓘ
surface form:
Congress
|
| legalStandardHistoricallyAssociatedWith |
compelling interest test
ⓘ
strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| limits | government ability to burden religious exercise ⓘ |
| locatedInJurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf | First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| prohibits |
government discrimination based on religion
ⓘ
government interference with religious exercise ⓘ laws targeting specific religions ⓘ |
| protects |
free exercise of religion
ⓘ
religious belief ⓘ religious practice ⓘ |
| protectsAgainst | undue government interference with religious practice ⓘ |
| relatedLegislation |
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
ⓘ
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ |
| relatedTo | religious liberty in the United States ⓘ |
| text | "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" ⓘ |
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
this entity surface form:
free exercise clause
Verner, Administrator, Employment Security Commission of South Carolina
→
associatedWithLegalPrinciple
→
Free Exercise Clause
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
→
constitutionalProvision
→
Free Exercise Clause
ⓘ
Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division
→
constitutionalProvision
→
Free Exercise Clause
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
this entity surface form:
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
this entity surface form:
The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment is applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
this entity surface form:
The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the State of Wisconsin from compelling Amish parents to send their children to formal high school after the eighth grade.
this entity surface form:
Free Exercise Clause of the United States Constitution
this entity surface form:
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
this entity surface form:
First Amendment free exercise of religion