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: Constitutionally Correct

2nd Circuit: ?Inmate?s Right to Free Exercise of Religion Clarified?

By ADF Alliance Alert

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Law.com (NY Law J.): " . . . a federal appeals court has ruled that a prisoner who founded a religion that requires martial arts sparring but forbids eating meat or appearing nude in front of non-members was properly barred from leading a prison congregation. But a unanimous panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Keesh v. Smith, 08-2816-pr, concluded that denying the inmate his religion-mandated dietary regime might not be the "least restrictive means" to address security or administrative concerns, and remanded that issue to the court below."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).

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