Supreme Court ends forcibly shaven Rastafarian inmate’s quest for damages

The Supreme Court ruled that a Rastafarian man cannot seek damages from state prison guards who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious rights in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines on Tuesday. Guards at a Louisiana prison handcuffed Damon Landor to a chair and forcibly shaved his hair when he was weeks away from completing his…