Question

By Day 3, post a state or local legal tenet that has come under fire for potentially violating a constitutionally protected freedom or right. Identify the law that potentially violates a constitutionally protected freedom or right, describe the jurisdiction from where the law originates, and examine the constitutional violation.

Answer 1

A state law that has come under fire for violating a constitutionally protected freedom or right is the case of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer (2017).

This case held that a Missouri program that denied a grant to a religious school, while providing grants to similarly situated non-religious groups violated the freedom of religion guaranteed by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.