Sentences with phrase «infringe upon the exercise»

The Court's logic seems to be that it is permissible to infringe upon the exercise of a constitutionally guaranteed right, so long as such infringement does not prevent the exercise of that right altogether.

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Because belief empowered and shaped political life, they granted all religions the right of free exercise, and knowing the human desire to dominate, they courageously insisted that government not infringe upon religious life.

In 1972, the Supreme Court declared in Wisconsin v. Yoder that the state violates free - exercise rights if it infringes upon a sincerely held religious practice in such a way as to affect its exercise.

But we also recognize the right and necessity for the state to limit freedom when its exercise harms other people, infringes upon their rights, or offends accepted moral principles.

Simcha Goldman, an Orthodox Jew and ordained rabbi serving as a clinical psychologist in an Air Force hospital, wore a yarmulke at all times and contended that an Air Force dress code regulation which forbade the wearing of «headgear» (such as a yarmulke) while indoors infringed upon his First Amendment right to free exercise of his religious belief.

This concern has derived, in part, from the growing recognition that the triumph of strict separationism as a legal doctrine, with its promise to expunge all religious symbols from the public arena, may actually infringe upon the free exercise of religion cherished by American Jews.

Disallowing this does not only breach with long - established custom in academic publishing, but also infringes upon my ability to preserve my reputation, including by making it potentially impossible to exercise my right to obtain and adduce evidence against libel charges.

Typical, a judge can be informed in exercising discretion afforded by secular law by an overall religious worldview without infringing upon freedom of religion (e.g. in judging what sentence within a range should be imposed) but may not cite to religious sources as authority for that decision.