| Venue: | SCOTUS |
| Facts: | Catholic diocise wants to enlarge a historic church. Blocked by zoning. |
| Posture: | Suits under RFRA saying the denial blocks free exercise. |
| Issue: | Is RFRA enforceable under the constitution? |
| Holding: | No. |
| Rule: | Legislation which alters the meaning of the Free Exercise Clause cannot be said to be enforcing the clause. |
| Reasoning: | The act puts sort of a strict scrutiny-style test on anything that might impede free exercise, and tries to put things back to pre-Employment Division v. Smith days. Congress doesn't have the power to decree the meaning of 14A § 5; if it did, then the Constitution would no longer be superior paramount law. |
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