Constitutional Law
Nov. 27, 2014
'Easy' case, important consequences
Last March, the U.S. Supreme Court took a rare and welcome step: It granted a prisoner's handwritten petition for review. By Derek Shaffer and Carolyn Thomas
Last March, the U.S. Supreme Court took a rare and welcome step: It granted a prisoner's handwritten petition for review. Gregory Holt, an inmate at an Arkansas maximum security prison, specifically asked the court to decide whether the prison could legally forbid him from adhering to his religious faith by growing a half-inch beard. As an adult convert to Islam, Holt considers it his religious duty to grow a beard. Arkans...
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