Supreme Court says Rastafarian can’t sue prison officials over shorn dreadlocks - The Washington Post

The Supreme Court ruled that a Rastafarian inmate cannot pursue a lawsuit against prison officials who forcibly sheared his dreadlocks while he was incarcerated, a decision grounded in legal technicalities rather than a broad ruling on religious liberty. The outcome departs from a recent string of high-court decisions that expanded religious protections, and highlights how the Court sometimes narrows remedies for religious-practice claims even as it reshapes First Amendment law in other areas. This contrasts with other recent rulings affecting expressive and religious rights, underscoring growing legal uncertainty about how those claims will be treated.