Legal Opinion
Randy Haight v. LaDonna Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2014No. 13-6005PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J., joined by Cole, C.J., and Cleland, D.J.,
COLE, C.J. (pp. 570-73), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act prohibits state and local governments from placing “a substantial burden” on the “religious exercise” of any inmate unless they establish that the burden furthers a “compelling governmental interest” and does so in the “least restrictive” way. 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-l(a). Congress did not leave it to the National Government alone to enforce the law or to the whims of potential implied rights of action that might (or might not) allow inmates…
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