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Revision as of 06:34, 1 October 2007 by V111P (talk | contribs) (+cat; "The compelling state interest test is"...)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The compelling state interest test is a test used by the Supreme Court of the United States as a standard to limit the personal rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. This test at least applies to the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. It also applies to abortion, child pornography, discrimination remedies, drug testing, expression and speech rights, liberty (privacy), mandatory retirement, racial discrimination, residency requirements, and sex discrimination. (Epstein, Constitutional Law for a Changing America, 6th)
Notable cases
- Sherbert, 1963
- Yoder, 1972
- Smith, 1990
- City of Boerne, 1997
- O Centro v Gonzalez, 2006