Sentences with phrase «general applicability»

In Smith, the Court interpreted its First Amendment decisions as holding «that the right of free exercise does not relieve an individual of the obligation to comply with a «valid and neutral law of general applicability on the ground that the law proscribes (or prescribes) conduct that his religion prescribes (or proscribes)»» (id.

«The Greens do have such rights,» Heaton's ruling stated, «but are unlikely to prevail as to their constitutional claims because the preventive care coverage regulations... are neutral laws of general applicability which are rationally related to a legitimate governmental objective.»

These elaborate alcohol specific labelling laws largely pre-empt other labelling laws and trademark laws of general applicability in the cases where they apply.

1: to give a general form to 2 a: to derive or induce (a general conception or principle) from particulars b: to draw a general conclusion from 3: to give general applicability to; also: to make indefinite

This decision held specifically that a state may enforce its drug laws against Native Americans who have a religious obligation to ingest ceremonial peyote, and more generally that the constitutional protection of the free exercise of religion does not require the government to make exceptions to laws of general applicability for the benefit of persons who have genuine religious scruples about obeying them.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the «negative right» to the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment does not prevent individuals from being coerced into obeying laws of general applicability when doing so violates their religious beliefs.

Regarding future legislative acts, because Alito's decision focuses on the carve outs that proactively provide exemptions and accommodations, this decision suggests that if Congress wants to preserve general applicability, it will need to forgo otherwise reasonable exemptions and accommodations and perhaps unreasonably cast a wider net with much smaller holes.

I haven't prioritized these, as it is difficult to predict how quickly these might find general applicability and adoption in learning.

It's wonderful to read such well stated thoughts with such general applicability that are so inspirational!

Of more general applicability was the EAT's finding that a worker suffers a detriment where the 48 - hour week is exceeded, even if the worker is paid.

The 1993 federal statute states, «Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability» without compelling government interest.

The burden on plaintiffs» religious exercise is the incidental result of a «neutral law of general applicability,» one requiring health insurance policies that include coverage for prescription drugs to include coverage for contraception.

Then we'll move on to general applicability.

The RFRA Act simply states that the «Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.»

It can not be, for its aim is always generality, general applicability.

«Neutral laws of general applicability» are valid regardless of whether they incidentally burden the exercise of religion.

«Due to the general applicability of pyrolysis for plastic conversion to an oil and the large number of microorganisms capable of PHA accumulation from a vast array of molecules, the principle of the process described here can be applied for the recycling of any petrochemical plastic waste,» the scientists claim in the paper presenting their findings in the April 1 issue of Environmental Science & Technology.

-RSB- The author of Lemon himself apparently questions the test's general applicability.

This may take the form of guidelines, memoranda of general applicability, and training designed to achieve EJ for members of minority populations.

This may take the form of guidelines, memoranda of general applicability, and training designed to achieve EJ.

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Then there of course is the general applicability of the device as a whole, which is being pegged as a tablet that will also act as a game changer for the laptop segment.

These apart, the Adam tablet also has a lot of general applicability and amongst that, students too can have their share of a rich learning experience on the Android tablet as well.

Previous research has found substantial benefits associated with commodity investments, but there remains considerable uncertainty regarding the consistency and general applicability of those benefits for equity investors.

Either scholars realized that common sense could not be relied upon to guide us, or they agreed with our commenter that no one person can be the arbiter of common sense without rules of general applicability being implemented.

Neutrality and general applicability are interrelated, and failure to satisfy one requirement is a likely indication that the other has not been satisfied

Whether or not RCMP officers are or can ever be employees of the provincial government is, in our view, an open question, which may cast doubt on the general applicability of the reasoning of the Court of Appeal.

Congress passed RFRA in 1993, which required that» [g] overnment shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, unless the government demonstrates that application of the burden to the person --(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest».

Parts of the EAT's decision in the appeal are specific to road transport workers; other parts are of general applicability to all workers.

I'm just a bit less confident in the general applicability of their forecast than I am about (say) predicting the coming ubiquity of self - driving cars.

It gives a lot more protection than the rule that laws have to be religiously neutral, which is why you have cases like Hobby Lobby (in which a federal law requiring employers to pay for contraception, though religiously neutral and of general applicability, was ruled to not apply to companies with religious objections to contraception).

(a) Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except as provided in subsection (b).

Likewise Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah 508 US 520 «a law that burdens religious practice need not be justified by a compelling governmental interest if it is neutral and of general applicability» (the ordinances were not narrowly taylored, unlike murder statutes).

After cases like Employment Division v. Smith, Congress decided that religious exercise should generally be exempt from neutral laws of general applicability.