Religion Behind Bars Reprise: Landor v. Louisiana

Rebecca and Liz explain Landor v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court case that will decide whether a Rastafarian inmate who'd grown his dreadlocks for 20 years can sue the Louisiana prison officials who handcuffed him to a chair, held him down, and forcibly shaved him in violation of the law. They dive deep on the statute at issue in the case, the legal history leading up to this litigation, and what the oral arguments signaled. They also highlight some Supreme Court docket news!

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Case updates

• Cambridge Christian School v. Florida High School Athletic Association

• Davis v. Ermold

Background

• SCOTUSblog case page

• Previous episodes about RLUIPA

• • Episode 4 – Religious Liberty and the Death Penalty

  • Episode 11 – Religion Behind Bars

• SCOTUSblog - "Court appears skeptical of prison inmate's religious liberty claim"

• A Guide To Federal Religious Land Use Protections

• AU's amicus brief

• Cert petition

• Transcript of oral arguments

Cases Discussed

• Tanzin v. Tanvir

• Employment Division v. Smith

• City of Boerne v. Flores

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