Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety · ¶69

As enacted, RFRA applied to State and Federal Governments and their officials. Tanzin, 592 U. S., at 50. But RFRA’s application to States and state officials was short lived: This Court would soon invalidate RFRA’s application to the States as exceeding Congress’s power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. See City of Boerne v. Flo res, 521 U. S. 507 (1997).

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