Another SCOTUS Decision on Religious Liberty
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And it's a 8-0 decision too, virtually unanimous.
Justice Barrett abstained.The decision: http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2020/images/12/10/19-71_qol1.pdf
Reporting on the decision: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/no-fly-list-religious-liberty/index.html
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed three Muslims who had been placed on no-fly lists to sue for financial damages against FBI officials under a federal law meant to protect religious liberty.
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Writing for an 8-0 court, Justice Clarence Thomas said that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed in 1993 to prohibit the federal government from imposing substantial burdens on religious exercise without a compelling interest, allows the suits against the individual agents.
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"The question here," Thomas wrote, "is whether that includes claims for money damages against Government officials in their individual capacities. We hold that it does."
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