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Jun 22, 2006 religious-freedom administrative-law free-exercise-clause compelling-state-interest benevolent-neutrality civil-service

Religious Freedom and Administrative Discipline: The Escritor Doctrine on Benevolent Neutrality

Explaining the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on religious freedom as a defense in administrative cases, and the compelling state interest test.