RESOLVED: The Free Exercise Clause guarantees a constitutional right of religious exemption from general laws when such an exemption would not endanger public peace and good order.
On November 16, 2019, the Federalist Society held the twelfth annual Rosenkranz Debate at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The participants discussed whether the Free Exercise Clause guarantees a constitutional right of religious exemption from general laws when such an exemption would not endanger public peace and good order.
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Featuring:

Prof. Philip A. Hamburger, Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Prof. Michael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law and Director, Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School
Moderator: Hon. Stuart Kyle Duncan, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Introduction: Mr. Eugene B. Meyer, President and CEO, The Federalist Society