SCOTUS Delivers Victory for Limited Govt, Religious Liberty Protections

As a devout Rastafarian adhering to a Nazirite vow not to cut his hair, Landor had previously been allowed to maintain his dreadlocks at other facilities.

When transferred, he presented officials with a copy of a controlling Fifth Circuit decision confirming that Louisiana’s grooming policy burdened his religious exercise under RLUIPA.

According to court filings, officials discarded the document, restrained him, and forcibly shaved his head – an action Landor described as a profound violation of his faith.