SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian Man From Suing Prison Guards Who Shaved His Dreadlocks
In a Monday morning decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a formerly incarcerated individual, denying his right to sue the state of Louisiana for violating his Rastafarian beliefs by forcibly shaving his hair. The case is notable in that, while this iteration of the high court has made numerous decisions defending right-wing Christians’ purported First Amendment religious freedoms…
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Didn't they just say he could sue at the state level as the prison did not have federal funding?
Yes, this headline is rage bait.
They didn't rule against him, they just declined to hear the case because he hadn't taken the proper steps first. The SC is supposed to be the last appeal.
They even said that the guards were likely in the wrong.
Except that Section 1983 was written for situations exactly like this.
It's a post-civil war law that the court has been gutting piece by piece for decades.