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MEMORANDUM OF LAW OF INTERVENOR
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
LAND COURT COMMERCE EXERCISE CONSTITUTIONALITY AMENDMENT CIR SUPREME LAW INDIVIDUALIZED ASSESSMENTS POWER EQUAL PROTECTION ACT RLUIPA CONGRESS EQUAL PROTECTION JURISPRUDENCE REGULATION GOVERNMENT JURISDICTIONAL ELEMENT INTERSTATE COMMERCE SUBSTANTIAL BURDENS DISCRIMINATION COMMERCE CLAUSE FIRST AMENDMENT DEFENDANTS PROVISIONS RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES LEGISLATION DISTRICT |
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH )
OF AKRON, et al., ))
Plaintiffs, ) CASE NO. 5:00CV3021
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v. )) JUDGE WELLS
CITY OF FAIRLAWN, et al., )
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Defendants. )
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MEMORANDUM OF LAW OF INTERVENOR
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE
RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT OF 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STATUTORY BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. RLUIPA's Land Use Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B. Legislative History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. RLUIPA § 2(a)(1) AS APPLIED THROUGH § 2(a)(2)(B) IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL EXERCISE OF CONGRESS'S COMMERCE POWER . 7
II. RLUIPA § 2(a)(1) AS APPLIED THROUGH § 2(a)(2)(C), AND RLUIPA
§§ 2(b)(1), (2) & (3) ARE CONSTITUTIONAL EXERCISES OF
CONGRESS'S AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. RLUIPA § 2(a)(1) As Applied Through § 2(a)(2)(C) Codifies the
Supreme Court's "Individualized Assessments" Doctrine . . . . . . .
B. RLUIPA §§ 2(b)(1) and (2) Enforce the First
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