As Americans, we have certain rights granted to us by the Constitution. Among these rights are freedom of speech, freedom of press, and freedom to religion. These freedoms are listed in the first amendment of the Constitution. The Constitution may say that we have these certain freedoms but we actually are only "free" to do very ... little. The United States does not have unlimited freedom of expression due to many restrictions by our government. . America's right to freedom of religion is very broad. The Establishment Clause is in Thomas Jefferson's eyes, "a wall of separation between church...

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... legitimate penal objectives. However, in November 1993, President Clinton signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA").RFRA was intended to restore the traditional protection afforded to prisoners to observe their religion, which had been weakened by decisions such as O'Lone. Prior to the enactment of RFRA, courts generally gave deference to the plaintiffs' interpretations of the tenets and requirements of ... their own religion, if the court deemed those beliefs to be sincerely held. In one case, United States v. Lee (1982), the Supreme Court accepted the plaintiff's contention...

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