Supreme Court soon to hear a religious freedom case that’s united both sides of the church-state divide
The 6-3 majority ruled that Congress's spending clause does not authorize money damages against individual employees, limiting remedies under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
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How a Supreme Court Decision About the Religious Rights of Rastafarians Could Be a Loss for Every American
Austin D. Sarat ScheerPost The Supreme Court’s MAGA majority has done almost all it can to turn the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom into one of the Constitution’s most important provisions. It has been used to override claims for equal treatment by gays and lesbians, to insist that employers provide accommodations for religious practices, and to protect the religious rights of people being executed. That’s why it was so surprisi…
Why a Ideal Court docket case over a haircut generally is a setback for spiritual liberty
For greater than 20 years, the Ideal Court docket has issued an extended collection of wins for plaintiffs in search of to offer protection to their spiritual practices. On June 23, 2026, although, the bulk delivered an unusual defeat on this contentious space. Landor v. Louisiana Division of Public Schooling and Protection, a 6-3 judgment, rejected the declare of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian whose hair was once forcibly shaved in jail. Landor ha…
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 Against Prisoner Seeking Damages for Religious Rights Violation
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, member of RFI’s Board of Directors, commented this week on Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, an important religious freedom case before the Supreme Court this term. Picciotti-Bayer, who is also a legal analyst for EWTN News and Director of the Conscience Project, summed up the majority opinion as saying that “federal law protecting the religious rights of prisoners does not offer them the ri…
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