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Religion Clauses, RFRA and RLUIPA


Total Credits: 1.25

Categories:
Civil Rights |  Constitutional Law
Speaker:
Sheldon H. Nahmod
Duration:
1 Hour 14 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Original Program Date:
Apr 21, 2022
Product Type:
On Demand
License:
Access for 365 day(s) after purchase.


Description

This session will discuss:

• The Establishment Clause: prayer, religious displays, financial
support for education and the Court's renewed interest
• The Free Exercise Clause: the all-important Smith (peyote) decision, the not-so-hidden return to strict scrutiny and the Covid-19 cases
• Congressional responses to Smith: RLUIPA and RFRA
• RFRA struck down as applied to state and local governments: City of Boerne
• RFRA as applied to the federal government: the Hobby Lobby decision

Speaker

Sheldon H. Nahmod's Profile

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University Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus (Program Chair)

Chicago-Kent College of Law


Professor Sheldon Nahmod is a leading expert on constitutional law, civil rights and the law of §1983. He is the author of Civil Rights and CivilLiberties Litigation: The Law of Section 1983 (2023-24 edition)(West, Westlaw), published annually since 1979, and has argued civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and many other federal courts. He lectures nationally to attorneys and has also lectured to federal judges on §1983.

He is a graduate of the University of Chicago, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Divinity School. Professor Nahmod received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the State and Local Government Law Section of the ABA for his work in §1983 jurisprudence. He was named University Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus in 2018.