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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared unlikely to allow a devout Rastafarian to bring a damages claim against Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks in violation of his ...

WASHINGTON — Taking up a new religious rights case, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh a claim for damages brought by a devout Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were cut by Louisiana prison officials ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed doubts at oral arguments Monday about a Rastafarian man’s attempt to seek damages from prison guards who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in the case of a Rastafarian man who brought charges against a Louisiana prison for shaving his dreadlocks, accusing correction center officials of ...

Justices appear divided over whether federal law allows damages for religious rights violations by state prison officials. On Nov. 10, the Supreme Court appeared reluctant to allow an incarcerated ...

Rastafarians say the case highlights religious discrimination behind bars. When the nation’s highest court considered its first-ever case involving Rastafari this week, none of the Supreme Court ...

When prison officials in Louisiana cut the dreadlocks of a prisoner in their care, they may have violated his religious rights — or at least that’s what the Supreme Court is gearing up to determine.

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard the case of a devout Rastafarian who is seeking damages after his knee-length dreadlocks were forcibly shorn while he was in prison in Louisiana. Damon Landor is ...

When the nation’s highest court considered its first-ever case involving Rastafari this week, none of the Supreme Court justices or attorneys involved named the minority faith, much less raised its ...