Charity, Religion, Immigration, and Federalism
See, HB56′s section 13 has been made the subject of a Free Exercise Clause challenge in court by a group of Christian religious leaders in Alabama. Section 13 seems to be the “anti-coyote” part of the law, aimed at preventing the transportation of undocumented aliens into Alabama. But as written, it also is aimed at other kinds of conduct, and that’s where things get interesting. That portion of the law makes it a crime — a felony (1) Conceal, harbor, or shield or attempt to conceal, harbor, or shield or conspire to conceal, harbor, or shield an alien from detection in any place in this state, including any building or any means of transportation, if the person knows or recklessly disregards the fact that the alien has come to, has entered, or remains in the United States in violation of federal law. (3) Transport, or attempt to transport, or conspire to transport in this state an alien in furtherance of the unlawful presence of the alien in the United States, knowingly, or in reckless disregard of the fact, that the alien has come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of federal law. Conspiracy to be so transported shall be a violation of this subdivision. The law is already questionable under Federalism grounds. Particularly by making it a violation of state for a private person law to do things that help undocumented aliens, the law appears to be coming close to regulating in the sphere of immigration. Arizona’s law has so far had a mixed result, mostly negative, at the hands of the courts on those grounds (see United States of America v. Arizona , 908 F. Supp. 755, 768 (C.D. Cal. 1995), still good law, makes the Federalism prospects look grim for Alabama’s new law, in my opinion. I’m sure defenders of Alabama’s law will have a ready explanation for why that conclusion is incorrect. But the fact is, that’s territory that’s been explored before.
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See also Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) 406 US 205, concerning mandatory school attendance for children of Amish parents beyond the eighth grade. The test for whether a particular law violates the Free Exercise Clause derives from two cases.
Just consider, for instance, Edwin M. Yoder, Jr.'s commentary about the Balkan crisis in his book The Historical Present: Uses and Abuses of the Past. He writes, “As we saw in the cruel civil war in Bosnia, it involved the displacement of ethnic
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One of the fundamental provisions of the United States Constitution throughout the nation's history has been its support for basic freedoms and liberties. Free practice of religion is specifically extended to citizens in the Constitution's First Amendment, and when a particular mandate contradicted the religious traditions of the Amish, free practice prevailed in the Wisconsin v. Yoder , 1972
Three students who had attended school until the end of eighth grade in New Glarus, Wisconsin were removed from school before ninth grade by their parents, because, according the Amish traditions of the students' families, schooling was no longer necessary after junior high school, and children were to learn traditional Amish ways at home.
However, there was a Wisconsin law in place at the time that required children to remain in school until at least age 16. Keeping their children in school contradicted the religious practice and cultural traditions of the three's parents, so a situation where religion and state law were combating one another was formed.
Wisconsin v. Yoder Supreme Court Case Proceedings and Ruling in 1972One of the fathers (Jonas Yoder) of one of the students who stopped attending school before age 16 represented the Amish community and its traditions in the court case which ensued. The Supreme Court, which determines cases based on constitutionality, ruled in a unanimous decision that Wisconsin's compulsory education law was overruled by the free exercise of religion clause in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, which states that federal and state mandates cannot get in the way of any citizen's free practice of religion.
Significance of Wisconsin v. Yoder The ruling in this case upheld the free practice of religion clause in the First Amendment. Up until that point, some had been unfairly compelled to break religious practice and tradition for state and federal purposes, and this case clearly stated the sovereignty of free practice over that of federal and state mandates. This case is a landmark First Amendment case that upheld free practice of religion.
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Wisconsin v. Yoder 406 U.S. 205 (1972), argued 8 Dec. 1971, decided 15 May 1972 by vote of 6 to 1; Burger for the Court, Douglas in dissent, Powell
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