· 10/22/1913
Harris v. McReynolds
Citations
- 155 Ky. 450
- 159 S.W. 954
- 1913 Ky. LEXIS 268
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- substantial burden 6 imposed by rule prohibiting prisoners from wearing religious headgear throughout prison
- substantial burden imposed by rule prohibiting prisoners from wearing religious headgear throughout prison
- prison’s justifications for kufi ban rejected as speculative “post hoc rationalizations” because it failed to address more lenient policies used by other prison systems and failed to explain why secular hats, which were sometimes permitted, did not cause same concerns
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Judges: Turner
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