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Vocabulary Quiz 2
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A four-part test by which the Supreme Court balances the interests of the government against the religious freedom of citizens as a way of determining whether or not a law violates the constitutionally protected free exercise of religion. |
Sherbert Test |
Clause gives congress the power to collect taxes to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States people. |
Spending Clause |
The Clause of the First Amendment specifying that Congress shall make no law “prohibiting the free exercise” of religion. |
Free Exercise Clause |
In law, a decision in an earlier case that creates a controlling rule for deciding a later case under consideration. |
Precident |
Belief in a system of government in which powers are divided between a central government and more localized governments. |
Federalism |