Reply Brief of Petitioners. Knight v. Thompson, 136 S.Ct. 2534 (2016) (No. 15-999), 2016 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1645, 2016 WL 1555013+A12

Authors

Eric Schnapper, University of Washington School of LawFollow
Mark Sabel
Peter Fruin
Randall C. Marshall
Roy S. Haber

Document Type

Court Brief

Publication Date

4-13-2016

Abstract

QUESTION PRESENTED Section 3 of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ("RLUIPA") prohibits state and local governments from imposing "a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person residing in or confined to an institution . . . unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person": (1) "is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest," and (2) "is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest."42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-l(a). The Question Presented is: Whether RLUIPA requires that prison officials actually consider and demonstrate a sufficient basis for rejecting widely accepted accommodations to traditional religious practices as part of their burden of proving that they have chosen the "least restrictive means" of furthering their asserted governmental interests.

Recommended Citation

Eric Schnapper, Mark Sabel, Peter Fruin, Randall C. Marshall, and Roy S. Haber, Reply Brief of Petitioners. Knight v. Thompson, 136 S.Ct. 2534 (2016) (No. 15-999), 2016 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1645, 2016 WL 1555013+A12 (2016), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-court-briefs/44