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Why did the US Supreme Court declare the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 unconstitutional?
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The RFRA was ruled unconstitutional for state and local applicability; however, it still applies to the federal government) by the United States Supreme Court in City of Boerne v. Flores, because it overstepped Congress' power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment.
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