Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety · ¶68

Importantly, RFRA was not meant to be merely advisory; like the constitutional rights it sought to imitate, RFRA needed bite. Thus, “RFRA made clear that it was reinstating both the pre-Smith substantive protections of the First Amendment and the right to vindicate those protections by a claim.” Tanzin, 592 U. S., at 50. It did so by authorizing “appropriate relief ” for violations of its terms. §2000bb– 1(c).

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