· 6/24/2005
Wirzburger v. Galvin
Citations
- 412 F.3d 271
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 12419
- 2005 WL 1491476
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting a Free Exercise challenge to 8 provisions of the Massachusetts Constitution prohibiting voter initiatives to amend the state 9 constitution to allow public financial support of private, religiously affiliated schools
- “Government actions that are aimed at some goal other than restricting the conveyance of ideas are generally permissible, even if they incidentally inhibit free speech.”
- “Because we [hold] that the [challenged law] does not violate the Free Exercise Clause, we apply rational basis scrutiny to the fundamental rights based claim that [the law] violates equal protection.”
- “Because we [hold] that the [challenged law] does not violate the Free Exercise Clause, we apply rational basis scrutiny to the fundamental rights based claim that [the law] violates equal protection.”
- applying intermediate scrutiny to gatekeeper provisions
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Judges: Torruella, Campbell, Lipez
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