Aron Freeland v. William K. Marshall, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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• holding that Congress had exceeded its authority by using its section five power under the Fourteenth Amendment to enact the statute
• concluding that Katzenbach confronted a “widespread and persisting deprivation of constitutional rights resulting from this country’s history of racial discrimination”
• concluding that Katzenbach confronted a “widespread and persisting deprivation of constitutional rights resulting from this country’s history of racial discrimination”
• holding that RFRA, as it applied to the states and their subdivisions, exceeded Congress's remedial powers under the Fourteenth Amendment
• holding that RFRA, as it applied to the states and their subdivisions, exceeded Congress’s remedial powers under the Fourteenth Amendment
• concluding that Congress has power under section five to enforce the provisions of the First Amendment as incorporated in the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause

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