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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alfred Leo Smith canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Native American
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human ⓘ religious freedom litigant ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Free Exercise Clause
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surface form:
free exercise clause
religious freedom in the United States ⓘ use of sacramental peyote ⓘ |
| causeOfLegalChange | narrowing of constitutional protections for religious exemptions ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfLegalCase | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Native American ⓘ |
| hasRoleInEvent | plaintiff in Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ |
| implicatedConstitutionalProvision | First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| implicatedLegalDoctrine | neutral laws of general applicability doctrine ⓘ |
| indirectlyLedTo | passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 ⓘ |
| involvedIn | controversy over free exercise of religion under the First Amendment ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| legalCaseOutcomeEffect | reshaping U.S. constitutional law on religious freedom ⓘ |
| legalCaseType | unemployment benefits and religious exercise case ⓘ |
| legalIssue | denial of unemployment benefits for religious peyote use ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a central figure in the U.S. Supreme Court case Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ |
| partyTo | Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Native American religious ceremony involving peyote ⓘ |
| religiousPractice | use of peyote in religious ceremonies ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
discussions of limits of religious exemptions from neutral laws
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legal scholarship on Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ |
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