Religion Law Quiz#16 (RLUIPA and RFRA)

Today's quiz is short.  How are RLUIPA and RFRA similar?

 

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RLUIPA allows prisoners “to seek religious accommodations pursuant to the same standard as set forth in RFRA.”  Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente Uniõ do Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418, 436, 126 S.Ct. 1211, 163 L.Ed.2d 1017 (2006).

 

Remember, the Supreme Court has stated:

 

RFRA prohibits the “Government [from] substantially burden[ing] a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability” unless the Government “demonstrates that application of the burden to the person—(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.” 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb–1(a), (b) (emphasis added).

 

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682, 705, 134 S. Ct. 2751, 2767, 189 L. Ed. 2d 675 (2014).

 

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