How have courts interpreted the free exercise clause of the First Amendment in the context of religious freedom legislation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sherwood v. Brown, 619 F.2d 47 (9th Cir. 1980):
Government regulations which infringe protected religious practice are proscribed by the free exercise clause of the First Amendment unless the Government can demonstrate that the regulation is the least restrictive alternative to meet a compelling state need. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 220, 92 S.Ct. 1526, 1535, 32 L.Ed.2d 15 (1972); Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296, 306-07, 60 S.Ct. 900, 904, 84 L.Ed. 1213 (1940).
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