Wednesday, January 21, 2015

US Supreme Court: In holding that devout Muslim inmate had the right under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 to grow a 1/2-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs, the Court held that the fact that the Arkansas Department of Corrections permits 1/4-inch beards for prisoners with medical conditions suggested that its interests in preventing contraband and aiding prisoner identification could be “achieved by narrower ordinances that burdened religion to a far lesser degree”
First Circuit: The court affirmed summary judgment for public employer on First Amendment claim because a jury could not reasonably infer that any of the defendants were aware of the workers’ political affiliations
Maine Legislature: LD 12 would add “rock climbing, ice climbing, bouldering, rappelling” to the list of “recreational or harvesting activities” that are exempt from a landowner’s duty of care
Maine Legislature: LD 57 would increase the mileage reimbursement for jurors from 15¢ per mile to 44¢ per mile and per diem rate from $10/day to $20/day

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