Two attorneys discussed the Boerne, TX v. Flores, which the Supreme Court heard on February 19. The archbishop of San Antonio, who had requested permission to tear down an old church building and build a new one and was denied by a local ordinance on historic preservation, sued the city of Boerne, TX under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which became law in 1993. This case involves issues both of the exercise of religious freedom and the separation of powers, specifically the authority of Congress to overturn judicial decisions through legislation. After their presentations, they responded to each other’s remarks.