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Race-Based Religious Policy Violates Equal Protection Clause

A federal district court in Virginia held that a race-based prison policy preventing non-Native American prisoners from obtaining Native American spiritual items violated the Equal Protection Clause. The court issued an injunction enjoining the application of the policy, based solely on race.

Thomas Mitchell, Jr., a white, non-Native American prisoner ...

 

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