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RFRA, Congress, and the Ratchet

Douglas Laycock

Date

1995

Citation

Douglas Laycock, RFRA, Congress, and the Ratchet, 56 Montana Law Review, 145–170 (1995).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Douglas Laycock

Constitutional Law and Legal History

Center for the First Amendment

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