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The facts here appear almost identical to the Domineque Ray case last month, except the prisoner’s religion is different and the outcome is different. supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf…
On the February case washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
This was Kagan’s dissent the February Ray case. Today’s decision doesn’t appear to reckon with the disparity, which I wish it had.
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