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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Rise Up, Rasta!!

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rules Rastafari man can't sue Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs.
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:   Supreme Court Bars Lawsuit After Prison Guards Shaved Inmate's Dreadlocks
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:   Supreme Court rules against Rastafarian man over religious rights claim against prison officials
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:   Court rules former Louisiana inmate cannot sue prison officials in religious dispute over long hair
Al Jazeera:   US Supreme Court says Rastafarian man shaved by prison guards can't sue
Brett T. / twitchy.com:   SCOTUS: Rastafarian Can't Sue Prison Guards for Shaving His Dreadlocks (Scott Wiener Whines)
Dilan Gohill / El País:   Supreme Court rules that Rastafarian ex-inmate cannot sue the Louisiana prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks
Chris Walker / Truthout:   SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian Man From Suing Prison Guards Who Shaved His Dreadlocks
Ian Millhiser / Vox:   The Supreme Court's campaign to expand religious liberty now has a glaring exception
Alex Swoyer / Washington Times:   Supreme Court rules against Louisiana prisoner's lawsuit over shaved dreadlocks
Lauren Irwin / Deseret News:   Supreme Court rules along ideological lines in case involving religious rights in prison
Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:   Supreme Court denies Rastafarian's lawsuit against prison officials for cutting his dreadlocks
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:   Inmates may not sue prison officials who violate their religious rights, Supreme Court rules
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:   Supreme Court ends forcibly shaven Rastafari inmate's quest for damages
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:   Supreme Court says Rastafarian can't sue prison officials over shorn dreadlocks
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:   Supreme Court rules ex-inmate can't sue prison officials for shaving dreadlocks
Jordan Rubin / MS NOW:   Supreme Court rules against Rastafarian prisoner who sued over shaved dreadlocks
KRDO:   Supreme Court rules against Rastafarian who sued prison officials for cutting his dreadlocks
And the riddim. Full service & uncensored here.
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
The Supreme Court Just Empowered Prison Guards to Violate Religious Rights With Impunity
Luke Funk / New York Sun:   Supreme Court's Conservative Majority Drives Decisions in Series of Cases
Eva Fedderly / Straight Arrow:   Prison guards cut a Rastafarian's hair. The Supreme Court says he can't sue
Nina Totenberg / NPR:   Supreme Court rules that prison guards can't be sued for shaving Rastafarian's head
Lisa Needham / Staff Stories:   Supreme Court decides not everyone deserves religious liberty
Damon Root / Reason:   Supreme Court Limits the Ability To Sue Prison Guards for Religious Liberty Violations
Elizabeth Reiner Platt / RNS:   A Rastafarian's Supreme Court loss shows religious freedom depends on who you are
Slate:   Neil Gorsuch Just Took a Wrecking Ball to a Major Religious Liberty Law
I say we shave the heads & bodies of the six Nazis on the Court & parade them naked through the streets of every major American city.
P.S. to Jewish people: After Muslims & Rastas, your rights & lives may be next.
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