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City of Boerne v. Flores , 521 U.S. 507 (1997), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the scope of Congress 's power of enforcement under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment .
In 1997, the United States Supreme Court held the RFRA to be unconstitutional as applied to state and local governments, in City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507.Unlike the RFRA, which required religious accommodation in virtually all spheres of life, RLUIPA only applies to prisoner and land use cases.
The church sued, citing RFRA, and in the resulting case, City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997), the Supreme Court struck down the RFRA with respect to its applicability to States (but not Federally), stating that Congress had stepped beyond its power of enforcement provided in the Fourteenth Amendment. [11]
In the 1997 case of City of Boerne v. Flores , the Court again took a narrow view of the Congressional power of enforcement, striking down a provision of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) that sought to forbid the states from placing burdens on religious practice in the absence of a compelling state interest in doing so.
Originally, the federal law was intended to apply to federal, state, and local governments. In 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court in City of Boerne v. Flores held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act only applies to the federal government but not states and other local municipalities within them. As a result, 21 states have passed their own ...
Boerne is known for its German-Texan history, named in honor of German author and satirist Ludwig Börne by the German Founders of the town. [6] The population of Boerne was 10,471 at the 2010 census, [7] and in 2020 the population was 17,850. [8] The city is noted for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case City of Boerne v. Flores. Founded in ...
2 Addition to existing City of Boerne v. Flores. 3 Result / Outcome. 2 comments. 4 Contradiction. 1 comment. 5 About as much a court case as the murder of Mary, the ...
However, the majority opinion also stated that part of the ADA to lack the "congruence and proportionality" required when Congress exercises its enforcement power under the Fourteenth Amendment, citing City of Boerne v. Flores (1997).