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Sherbert’s Ability to Freely Practice Her Faith Was Hindered by the State’s Restrictions For Unemployment Compensation.
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The disqualifications for benefits impose burdens on the free exercise of Sherbert's religion.
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If the purpose for a law is to discriminate between religions, then the law is constitutionally invalid even though the burden may be indirect.
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This does not violates the Establishment Clause due to the Seventh-day Adventist Church
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The issue is not individual action, it is South Carolina's denial of unemployment on the basis of her beliefs.
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The Free Exercise Clause protection of Sherbert's actions and the Establishment Clause prohibits this protection.
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The Commission denied Shertbert unemployment benefits because she was not "available to work" due to a private decision she made.
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The Free Exercise Clause only requires neutrality toward religion, which would not include exempting Sherbert, even though the Constitution would allow a legislature to create this exemption.
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Sherbert's ability to freely exercise her faith was hindered by the state's restrictions for unemployment compensation.
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