#rluipa — Public Fediverse posts

@samlitzinger

"Then the warden ordered guards to cut his dreadlocks. While 2 guards restrained him, a third shaved his head to the scalp, records show."

Necessary edit:

"Then the warden ordered guards to cut his locks. While 2 guards restrained him, a third shaved his head to the scalp, records show."

Let's see the #SupremeCourt outcome if a "correctional center" tried cutting the #Sidelocks of an #OrthodoxJew

#SCOTUS #RLUIPA #RFRA #Muslim #Landor #Rastafari

@Nonilex

"Then the warden ordered guards to cut his dreadlocks. While 2 guards restrained him, a third shaved his head to the scalp, records show."

Necessary edit:

"Then the warden ordered guards to cut his locks. While 2 guards restrained him, a third shaved his head to the scalp, records show."

Let's see the #SupremeCourt outcome if a "correctional center" tried cutting the #Sidelocks of an #OrthodoxJew

#SCOTUS #RLUIPA #RFRA #Muslim #Landor #Rastafari

The justices condemned what happened to the former inmate, Damon Landor. But they ruled that a federal #law designed to protect the #ReligiousRights of inmates does not permit lawsuits for #MoneyDamages even when rights are violated.

#SCOTUS agreed with lower courts that without exception had ruled that the law, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act [ #RLUIPA ], can’t be used to hold those who violate inmates’ rights financially responsible.

#FreedomOfReligion #Rastafari

#Ukrainian #CatholicChurch Sues Over Zoning Restrictions

Suit was filed this week in a #Pennsylvania federal district court by a #UkrainianCatholicChurch alleging that a #PennsylvaniaTownship violated the #church's rights under #RLUIPA and the #FirstAmendment through #zoning ordinances that prevent the church from constructing a #chapel and related facilities on a 41-acre site that it owns.

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2026/01/ukrainian-catholic-church-sues-over.html

#KYSupremeCourt: Denial of #ZoningPermit to #Church Did Not Violate RLUIPA

In Missionaries of Saint John the Baptist, Inc. v. Frederic, (KY Sup. Ct., Dec. 18,2025), the #KentuckySupremeCourt held that #RLUIPA was not violated by denying a conditional use permit to a #church that wished to build a grotto to honor the #VirginMary’s appearance at a grotto in #Lourdes, #France.

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/ky-supreme-court-denial-of-zoning.html

Landor v. Louisiana tests whether a Rastafarian inmate can recover damages after prison officials forcibly shaved his dreadlocks—this episode breaks down RLUIPA, the legal stakes, and what oral argument signaled. 🎧 Listen: https://we-dissent.org/episode-49-landor-v-louisiana/ #ReligiousLiberty #RLUIPA #PrisonReform #SCOTUS #WeDissent