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Congress enacted a statute entitled the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The United State Constitution prohibits excessive entanglement between government and religion as a violation of the Establishment Clause. The United States Supreme Court held that the RFRA violated or conflicted with the Establishment Clause. The Court then struck down the RFRA because __________________.
  1. Statutory law takes priority over constitutional law.
  2. The Establishment Clause takes priority over other constitutional rights.
  3. Constitutional law takes priority over statutory law.
  4. Administrative law takes priority over constitutional law.
Explanation
Answer: C - Constitutional law takes priority over statutory law. The order of priority or weight given to the types of law is: (1) constitutional law; (2) statutory law; (3) common law; (4) secondary law.
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