The U.S. Supreme Court has announced its ruling in Holt v. Hobbs, deciding that an Arkansas prison’s beard ban violates the religious rights of a Muslim prisoner, who sought to grow a one-half-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs.
Read the Supreme Court’s decision, the NakedLaw coverage, and today’s legal analysis, below.
1st #SCOTUS opinion is Holt v. Hobbs: Prison may not prohibit 1/2 inch beard compelled by religious beliefs. http://t.co/S649hWzrX1
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) January 20, 2015
#Scotus rules for Muslim inmate's beard; Ginsburg notes that unlike Hobby Lobby, his request doesn't hurt others http://t.co/Ck6LNtsrjr
— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) January 20, 2015
This was the cert petition Muhammad Holt submitted a little over a year ago. 9-0 victory today http://t.co/EusSOv2vFC pic.twitter.com/9mLNzvUgG6
— Parker Higgins (@xor) January 20, 2015
Is it ok to bar a Muslim inmate from growing a beard? Listen to arguments before the SCOTUS. http://t.co/iB2Jz24cFu pic.twitter.com/WKR1MWhrtK
— Barkley Kern (@CSPANbarkley) October 10, 2014
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