The Supreme Court has been friendly to religious liberty claims and hostile to lawsuits seeking damages against government officials.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a devout Rastafarian who attempted to sue prison officials for holding him down and cutting his dreadlocks could not proceed with his case, a decision that will ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court held Tuesday that a Rastafarian former inmate cannot hold Louisiana prison guards responsible ...

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up the case of a devout Rastafarian whose head was forcibly shaved by Louisiana prison guards despite the man’s religious vow not to cut his dreadlocks.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a Rastafarian man’s bid to sue prison officials for cutting his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs, marking a rare defeat for religious liberty at the ...

The Supreme Court has decided that a man whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved in prison cannot sue the prison guards for violating his Rastafarian beliefs.

Landor, whose dreadlocks almost reached his knees, revealed his faith to a guard and handed him a copy of a court decision that held that a federal law on religious freedom prevented Louisiana prisons ...

WASHINGTON – A Supreme Court that has been increasingly protective of religious rights is expected to be sympathetic to a Rastafarian asking for help after Louisiana prison guards forcibly shaved his ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — Damon Landor’s decadeslong vow against cutting his hair was upended by a short stint in a Louisiana prison in 2020. Next week the Supreme Court will decide if he can do anything ...

The Supreme Court ruled that a Rastafari man cannot seek damages from state prison guards who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious rights in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines on ...