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SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE
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Oregon Employment Division v. Smith
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Powell v. Alabama
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Furman v. Georgia
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Weeks v. U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), the Supreme Court changed religious free exercise law dramatically by ruling that generally applicable laws not targeting specific religious practices do not violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Smith stood up for his rights-represented by Oregon Legal Services, with the aid of the ACLU. More than six years of litigation followed, culminating in a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed the state’s denial of Smith’s unemployment claims.
Detailed explanation-3: -Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual.
Detailed explanation-4: -Smith, decided on April 17, 1990. Background. Smith and Black, two drug and alcohol counselors, were discharged for using peyote, a controlled substance under Oregon criminal laws. The claimants are members of the Native American Church and used peyote during the church’s religious ceremony.