City of Boerne v. Flores: Defining the Limits of Congress's Fourteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause Power

Authors

R. Brent Hatcher Jr.

Publication Date

3-1998

Document Type

Casenote

Abstract

In City of Boerne v. Flores,'the United States Supreme Court held that through the enactment of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA) Congress exceeded its Fourteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause Power. The Court invalidated the statute because of its incongruence and its contradiction of vital principles necessary to maintain the Separation of Powers doctrine.

Recommended Citation

Hatcher, R. Brent Jr. (1998) "City of Boerne v. Flores: Defining the Limits of Congress's Fourteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause Power," Mercer Law Review: Vol. 49: No. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol49/iss2/7