Editing Strict scrutiny (section)

=== Notable cases ===
*''[[Skinner v. Oklahoma|Skinner v. State of Oklahoma]], [[ex rel|ex. rel.]] Williamson'', [[Case citation|316 U.S. 535]] (1942), cf. ''[[Buck v. Bell]]'' {{ussc|274|200|1927}}, banning [[Compulsory sterilization|forced sterilization]] under certain circumstances.
*''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'', 347 U.S. 483 (1954), ending [[Racial segregation in the United States|segregation]] in public schools
*''[[Sherbert v. Verner]]'', 374 U.S. 398 (1963), invalidating state law denying unemployment benefits to employees fired for refusing to violate their religious belief
*''[[Griswold v. Connecticut]]'', 381 U.S. 479 (1965), striking down prohibition of [[contraceptives]]
*''[[Loving v. Virginia]]'', 897 U.S. 113 (1967), striking down [[Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States|prohibition of interracial marriage]]
*''[[Wisconsin v. Yoder]]'', 406 U.S. 205 (1972), striking down law requiring all minors to attend public school, thereby permitting [[Amish]] to remove their children from public schools after 8th grade
*''[[Employment Division v. Smith]]'', 494 U.S. 872 (1990), allowing states to deny unemployment benefits to those using illegal drugs for religious purposes
*''[[City of Boerne v. Flores]]'', 521 U.S. 507 (1997), holding that some zoning laws may be an undue restriction of religious freedom
*''[[Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal]]'', 546 U.S. 418 (2006), allowing religious use of illegal drugs