SCOTUS ruling: Another win for religious freedom

[Scott Lloyd]

This is great news. Those who violate religious freedom can now be liable for monetary damages. Hit them in the pocketbook is an effective means of enforcement. 
 

Edited to add: For some reason I can’t paste a link from the Deseret News site, but it’s on there today. You can Google it. 
 

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/12/10/22167568/supreme-court-muslim-fbi-no-fly-list-religious-freedom-restoration-act-money-damages

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by Nemesis
I added it for you.

[juliann]

And it was unanimous. 

[bsjkki]

It’s how the law was written. It’s an interesting case because usually you can not sue individual government employees who are doing their jobs.

[Scott Lloyd]

2 hours ago, Scott Lloyd said:

This is great news. Those who violate religious freedom can now be liable for monetary damages. Hit them in the pocketbook is an effective means of enforcement. 
 

Edited to add: For some reason I can’t paste a link from the Deseret News site, but it’s on there today. You can Google it. 
 

https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/12/10/22167568/supreme-court-muslim-fbi-no-fly-list-religious-freedom-restoration-act-money-damages

 

Much obliged, Nemesis. Wish I could figure out how to do it. For some reason I can’t paste a link from there with my iPhone browser, Safari. 

Edited December 11, 2020 by Scott Lloyd

[Scott Lloyd]

11 minutes ago, bsjkki said:

It’s how the law was written. It’s an interesting case because usually you can not sue individual government employees who are doing their jobs.

This might motivate some of them to push back on employers who make unconstitutional demands. 

[Scott Lloyd]

1 hour ago, juliann said:

And it was unanimous. 

Except for Justice Barrett, who could not rule because she was not yet on the court when the arguments were made. My guess, though, is she would not have dissented.