{"id":49307,"date":"2015-01-21T19:10:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/21\/you-dont-often-get-unanimous-supreme-court-decisions-these-days-but.html"},"modified":"2015-01-21T19:10:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T19:10:01","slug":"you-dont-often-get-unanimous-supreme-court-decisions-these-days-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/21\/you-dont-often-get-unanimous-supreme-court-decisions-these-days-but.html","title":{"rendered":"You don't often get unanimous Supreme Court decisions these days, but"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arkansas correctional rules restricting a Muslim inmate from growing a half-inch beard for religious reasons were poorly justified, and it's not surprising that SCOTUS ruled 9-0 to overturn the restrictions (more background and analysis at http:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2015\/01\/a-unanimous-supreme-court-endorses-religious-liberties-in-prison-in-plain-english\/<\/a>). <\/p>\n

On the other hand, I always worry when Alito's the one writing the majority opinion, and, as http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-scotus-beard-comment21-20150121-story.html<\/a> indicates, there may be some reason for worry as his opinion sets precedent for less-uncontroversial (and likely less-unanimous) rulings on religious exemptions in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nSupreme Court says Muslim prisoner can keep beard<\/a><\/span>
\nThe Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the religious freedom claims of a prisoner in Arkansas who wanted to grow a beard in accordance with his Muslim faith, but was blocked by the Department of Corrections’ policy that forbids beards except for diagnosed dermatological problems.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Arkansas correctional rules restricting a Muslim inmate from growing a half-inch beard for religious reasons were poorly justified, and it's not surprising that SCOTUS ruled 9-0 to overturn the restrictions (more background and analysis at http:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2015\/01\/a-unanimous-supreme-court-endorses-religious-liberties-in-prison-in-plain-english\/). On the other hand, I always worry when Alito's the one writing the majority opinion, and, as http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-scotus-beard-comment21-20150121-story.html indicates, … Continue reading “You don't often get unanimous Supreme Court decisions these days, but”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130356,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/04\/a-conservative-redistricting-challenge-gets-trounced-by-the-supreme-court.html","url_meta":{"origin":49307,"position":0},"title":"A conservative redistricting challenge gets trounced by the Supreme Court","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 4-Apr-16 9:15am","format":false,"excerpt":"When SCOTUS issues a unanimous decision against you, it's a sign there's probably something fundamentally wrong with your argument. 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