Reynolds v. United States

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opinion of Waite

  • Morrison Remick Waite
    In Morrison Remick Waite

    In Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1878), in upholding the application of antipolygamy laws to Mormons, Waite distinguished between the freedom to hold a religious belief and the freedom to engage in religious practices (polygamy) that had been outlawed by legislative act.

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