Sherbert test
E32830
The Sherbert test is a U.S. constitutional law standard that evaluates whether government actions improperly burden an individual's free exercise of religion by requiring a compelling interest pursued through the least restrictive means.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sherbert test canonical | 3 |
| Sherbert compelling interest test | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T253238 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherbert test Context triple: [Religious Freedom Restoration Act, legalTestRestored, Sherbert test]
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Nourse
Nourse is a surname and variant spelling of "Nurse," historically associated with English-speaking families and occasionally used as a place or business name.
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C.
Eastman
Eastman is a given name most notably associated with the 19th-century American painter Eastman Johnson, a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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D.
Pregny-Chambésy
Pregny-Chambésy is a small, affluent municipality on the shores of Lake Geneva in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, known for hosting several international organizations and diplomatic missions.
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E.
Testify
"Testify" is a popular song by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, known for its politically charged lyrics and aggressive sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherbert test Target entity description: The Sherbert test is a U.S. constitutional law standard that evaluates whether government actions improperly burden an individual's free exercise of religion by requiring a compelling interest pursued through the least restrictive means.
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Nourse
Nourse is a surname and variant spelling of "Nurse," historically associated with English-speaking families and occasionally used as a place or business name.
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C.
Eastman
Eastman is a given name most notably associated with the 19th-century American painter Eastman Johnson, a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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D.
Pregny-Chambésy
Pregny-Chambésy is a small, affluent municipality on the shores of Lake Geneva in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, known for hosting several international organizations and diplomatic missions.
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E.
Testify
"Testify" is a popular song by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, known for its politically charged lyrics and aggressive sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional law standard
ⓘ
free exercise test ⓘ legal test ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
ⓘ
linked to:
Free Exercise Clause
denial of unemployment benefits based on religious observance ⓘ laws affecting religious practices ⓘ |
| appliesWhen | government substantially burdens religious exercise ⓘ |
| constrains | government regulation of religious practice ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | rational basis review for neutral, generally applicable laws ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| evaluates | whether government action burdens free exercise of religion ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
compelling governmental interest requirement
ⓘ
least restrictive means requirement ⓘ substantial burden requirement ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalBasis | strict scrutiny for burdens on fundamental rights ⓘ |
| influenced |
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
ⓘ
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil rights law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ religious liberty law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law system of the United States ⓘ |
| limitedByCase | Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Adele Sherbert ⓘ |
| originatedInCase | Sherbert v. Verner ⓘ |
| originatedInCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| originatedInYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| phase |
initial burden on claimant to show substantial infringement of religious practice
ⓘ
subsequent burden shift to government to justify infringement ⓘ |
| protects | individual religious exercise ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission
ⓘ
Thomas v. Review Board ⓘ Wisconsin v. Yoder ⓘ |
| remainsRelevantFor |
cases involving individualized governmental assessments
ⓘ
statutory religious freedom claims ⓘ |
| requiresShowing |
compelling interest justifying burden on religion
ⓘ
use of least restrictive means ⓘ |
| requiresShowingBy | government ⓘ |
| standardOfReview | strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| statusAfterSmith | significantly narrowed in constitutional free exercise cases ⓘ |
| stillAppliedInContext | federal statutory religious freedom claims under RFRA ⓘ |
| usedBy |
federal courts
ⓘ
state courts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
religious accommodation cases
ⓘ
unemployment compensation cases ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sherbert test Description of subject: The Sherbert test is a U.S. constitutional law standard that evaluates whether government actions improperly burden an individual's free exercise of religion by requiring a compelling interest pursued through the least restrictive means.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sherbert test