Rogers Introduces Moratorium on New Regulations, Taxes Nov 29, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, MI-08, today introduced a bill that would prohibit new taxes or new regulations on U.S. employers for two years, including the massive new health care law implemented by the Obama Administration.

If TimberLake Christian had decided to intensify its fight, legal experts say, the congregation would have plenty of ammunition, including the First Amendment and the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, which prohibits regulations that impose a "substantial burden" on churches.

The ruling does not prohibit regulations on minimum house sizes altogether, but it does require towns to justify such rules - either because of public health concerns or because the smaller houses reduce the value of nearby homes.

A10 When Faith and Zoning Collide A federal law enacted in 2000 prohibits zoning regulations that impose a substantial burden on religious exercise unless the government can show that there is a compelling interest in doing so, and that there is no less restrictive option.

The law prohibits zoning regulations that impose a substantial burden on religious exercise unless the government can show that there is a compelling interest in doing so and no less restrictive way to further that interest.

Both are prohibited by "Eurovision Song Contest 2007" regulations that do not allow competing songs to be publicly performed before 1 October 2006.

The Internal Revenue Code generally prohibits retroactive regulations.

The county's defense against the church's suit may turn into a significant test of the 2000 statute, which among other things prohibits zoning regulations that impose a substantial burden on churches unless the local government can show a compelling reason for them.

Another would prohibit new regulations by the National Park Service gradually eliminating commercial and subsistence fishing in the waters of Glacier Bay National Park, the largest protected marine ecosystem on the Pacific Coast.