35 Cited authorities

  1. Holt v. Hobbs

    574 U.S. 352 (2015)   Cited 1,172 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding beard searches address prison's safety concerns in context of religious discrimination claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ("RLUIPA")
  2. Employment Div. v. Smith

    494 U.S. 872 (1990)   Cited 2,307 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the limitation articulated in Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398-i.e., that governmental actions that substantially burden a religious practice must be justified by a compelling governmental interest-does not apply to neutral, generally applicable laws
  3. Elrod v. Burns

    427 U.S. 347 (1976)   Cited 4,297 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that local government could not constitutionally base public employment opportunities on political affiliation or nonaffiliation
  4. Hill v. Colorado

    530 U.S. 703 (2000)   Cited 1,322 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding content neutral a ban on "picketing," "demonstrating," "protest, education, or counseling" even though it may require the government "to review the content of the statements made"
  5. Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

    561 U.S. 1 (2010)   Cited 905 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there was a credible risk of enforcement because about 150 people had been previously charged with violating the relevant statue- several for violating the statutory terms at issue in that case
  6. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

    573 U.S. 682 (2014)   Cited 782 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding that regulation at issue created a "substantial burden" under RFRA because the governmental action threatened penalties against religiously adherent employers who refused to provide contraceptive care as part of their heath provision plans, and therefore involved "coercion"
  7. Snyder v. Phelps

    562 U.S. 443 (2011)   Cited 864 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that signs stating "God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11" and "God Hates Fags" highlighted "matters of public import"
  8. Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah

    508 U.S. 520 (1993)   Cited 1,586 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to survive strict scrutiny, a challenged action must be "justified by a compelling governmental interest and . . . narrowly tailored to advance that interest"
  9. Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal

    546 U.S. 418 (2006)   Cited 803 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "burdens at the preliminary injunction stage track the burdens at trial"
  10. Texas v. Johnson

    491 U.S. 397 (1989)   Cited 1,367 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Johnson's conviction for burning the American flag violates the First Amendment
  11. Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5   Cited 23,068 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
  12. Section 2000bb - Congressional findings and declaration of purposes

    42 U.S.C. § 2000bb   Cited 1,569 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Finding that in Smith, "the Supreme Court virtually eliminated the requirement that the government justify burdens on religious exercise imposed by laws neutral toward religion"
  13. Section 2000bb-1 - Free exercise of religion protected

    42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1   Cited 1,143 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Providing for "appropriate relief" in judicial suit
  14. Section 2339B - Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations

    18 U.S.C. § 2339B   Cited 604 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Clarifying the scope of “personnel”
  15. Section 49 - Serving and Filing Papers

    Fed. R. Crim. P. 49   Cited 145 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the civil rules for filing of papers