Alfred Leo Smith
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Alfred Leo Smith was a Native American man whose denial of unemployment benefits for using peyote in a religious ceremony led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith, reshaping constitutional law on religious freedom.
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| instanceOf |
Native American
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human → religious freedom litigant → |
| associatedWithConcept |
free exercise clause
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religious freedom in the United States → use of sacramental peyote → |
| causeOfLegalChange |
narrowing of constitutional protections for religious exemptions
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| citizenship |
United States of America
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| countryOfLegalCase |
United States of America
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| ethnicity |
Native American
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| hasRoleInEvent |
plaintiff in Employment Division v. Smith
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| implicatedConstitutionalProvision |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| implicatedLegalDoctrine |
neutral laws of general applicability doctrine
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| indirectlyLedTo |
passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993
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| involvedIn |
controversy over free exercise of religion under the First Amendment
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| jurisdictionOfCase |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| legalCaseOutcomeEffect |
reshaping U.S. constitutional law on religious freedom
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| legalCaseType |
unemployment benefits and religious exercise case
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| legalIssue |
denial of unemployment benefits for religious peyote use
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| notableFor |
being a central figure in the U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith
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| partyTo |
Employment Division v. Smith
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| religiousContext |
Native American religious ceremony involving peyote
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| religiousPractice |
use of peyote in religious ceremonies
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| subjectOf |
discussions of limits of religious exemptions from neutral laws
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legal scholarship on Employment Division v. Smith → |
Referenced by (1)
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Employment Division v. Smith
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