Cutter v. Wilkinson, No. 03-9877 (U.S. Supreme Court) (544 U.S. 709; 125 S.Ct. 2113) (May 31, 2005) (Justice Ginsburg)
Loaded on June 7, 2005
published in Punch and Jurists
May 16, 2005
Here the Court reversed a Sixth Circuit decision which held that section 3 of the RLUIP was facially unconstitutional, thereby upholding a Federal law that requires State prison officials to remove unneeded restrictions on religious exercises.
In this unanimous decision, the Supreme Court upheld a five-year old federal law that ...
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