Practice question
A claimant establishes a sincere governmental burden but officials refuse any constitutional exemption inquiry solely because no statute expressly grants an exception. Under Escritor, which is correct?
- Only legislative exemptions are ever legally possible.
- The Free Exercise Clause may itself support accommodation after the governing test is applied.
- The claimant automatically invalidates the entire statute.
- A private employer may amend the Constitution.
- The court must determine which faith is true instead.
Legal references
- Estrada v. Escritor, A.M. No. P-02-1651, June 22, 2006, main resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/jun2006/am_p-02-1651_2006.html
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