Talk:City of Boerne v. Flores

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I changed the recent edit so that the first reference to Katzenbach v. Morgan, and not the second, is eliminated. It seems a great deal more appropriate to refer to Katzenbach in the section dealing with legal doctrine rather than in the section dealing with the background facts of this case. Also, if the second reference and not the first were eliminated, all this article would contain would be a passing mention of Katzenbach. This, I think, would be an egregious omission given the doctrinal importance of Katzenbach. Hydriotaphia 16:38, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Addition to existing City of Boerne v. Flores
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Result / Outcome
I'm confused, who won? Hanz ofbyotch (talk) 16:09, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Also confused here. The article starts off talking about Boerne v Flores, then completely derails and talks only about the RFRA, with nothing on the outcome of the case included.198.151.130.233 (talk) 19:26, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Contradiction
The article states, “Yet another [effect] was that it had First Amendment consequences too, in that it spelled the end for any legislative attempts to overturn Employment Division v. Smith.” However, this seems to be contradicted by the statement, “However, in 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, in which it used the Spending Clause to require that, for localities that receive federal funding, land use laws accommodate religious freedom, essentially, as if RFRA had been constitutional.” —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.221.232 (talk) 11:21, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

i agree that sentence needs fixing. after flores, the legislative response moved to the states, where 20 or so states have passed legislation to undo Smith. Indiana's legislation is very much in the news this week. also congress could use the commerce clause, fo exampe, instead of section 2 of the 14th. - robbin stewart, gtbear at gmail.

About as much a court case as the murder of Mary, the Queen of Scots.
Why does this article present the case as a legal matter, when in fact it was simply a recurrance of well-established anti-catholic hysteria among the anglo-saxon protestant elite that controls the USA? They panicked because catholics were growing and thought the Pope will replace the President.

The fact the anglo-saxon elite hid an anti-catcholic church demolition under the disguise of a court case is nothing different from the mock trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, that is, pure justizmorde. In the USA so-called "freedom of religion" applies to everybody (including the hubbardite fiscal scam) but the Church of Rome. The article should focus on these issues! 82.131.210.163 (talk) 17:30, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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Question of distinction
How was this any different than 42 USC 1983, given that religion hinges on the clauses of the first amendment? For purposes of concrete understanding, I'm not quite sure what it was this particular statute attempted to do that wouldn't be redundant in the fist place.66.90.153.184 (talk) 00:27, 10 September 2019 (UTC)