U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making and the Free Exercise Clause

The U.S. Supreme Court, at various times, has changed the constitutional tests it claimed to use in order to settle free exercise of religion disputes. These changes in official doctrine and the manner in which many cases have been decided have left the Supreme Court open to much criticism from legal scholars. This study differs substantially from previous work in this area. It uses a fact-attitudinal model to analyze the cases from the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist Courts. Its findings indicate that these decisions are, generally, explainable and predictable

Concurring opinion · Constitutional right · Court of record · Criticism · Doctrine · Economics · First amendment · Free Exercise Clause · Majority opinion · Order (exchange · Original jurisdiction · Political science · Remand (court procedure · Supreme court · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies

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