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3 Akron J. Const. L. & Pol'y 1 (2011-2012)

handle is hein.journals/akjopal3 and id is 1 raw text is: PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS, EXCESSIVE
ENTANGLEMENT, AND PRIOR RESTRAINTS: SHOULD
COURTS TREAT POTENTIAL PRETRIAL RELIGIOUS
INFRINGEMENT THE SAME AS POTENTIAL PRETRIAL
SPEECH INFRINGEMENT?
Conor Reilly*
I. Introduction                      .................................2
II. The Lemon Test Applied to Injunctions that give the
Government Substantial Regulatory Power over
Religious Practice   ...................    ..........3
A. The Lemon Test and Excessive Entanglement ..........4
B. Lemon Applied to the Preliminary Injunction
Granted in Uniao do Vegetal ..................8
III. Prior Restraints and Injunctions: A Useful First
Amendment Analogue.........................13
A. Prior Restraint Doctrine ....................... 13
B. Historical and Doctrinal Analogies between
Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion ...... 15
IV. Disentangling Courts From Religion.   ...............24
A. Are Preliminary Injunctions Against Religious
Practice Distinct From Those Against Free Speech? ...24
B. Applying Prior Restraint Principles in Religion
Clause Cases: A Solution to the Entanglement
Problems Raised by Injunctions Against Religious
Practice................................28
V. Conclusion.................................30

* The author would like to thank Professor Helen Alvar6 for her thoughtful comments, Mike and
Eileen Reilly for their guidance, and Kiara Reilly for her patience.

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