SCOTUS: Rastafarian Can’t Sue Prison Guards for Shaving His Dreadlocks (Scott Wiener Whines)

The Supreme Court ruled against a Rastafarian on Tuesday, and California state senator and congressional candidate Scott Wiener is whining that only certain religions are respected by the government, and somehow connected the case to the LGBTQ community. Those are the constituents Wiener represents in California — the LGBTQ community.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court said a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by prison guards could not sue them for money. https://t.co/wiJuvxa9Hq
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 23, 2026

A lot of people are calling this a "religious freedom for me, not for thee" situation, as Rastafaris often grow dreadlocks in what they see as a biblical prohibition of cutting one's hair. The court's ruling, however, simply said that Damon Landor can't hold the guards financially responsible. Mark Sherman reports for the Associated Press:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs.
The justices condemned what happened to the former inmate, Damon Landor. But they ruled that a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of inmates does not permit lawsuits for money damages against individuals even when rights are violated.
The high court, in a 6-3 decision, agreed with lower courts that without exception had ruled that the law, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, can’t be used to hold those who violate inmates’ rights financially responsible.

Looks like “religious freedom” only applies to bakers who don’t want to make cakes for gay couples & parents who don’t want their kids to learn that LGBTQ people exist.

The Supreme Court’s extreme “religious freedom” approach is designed exclusively to support the Court’s own… pic.twitter.com/UcIMG7B6S8
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) June 23, 2026

Read the ruling, retard.
He tried to exploit a law that applies locally.
His base was wrong, lost because of his own technicality exploit failed.
The court is not a legislative authority, no matter how much you libtards want it to be.
It will rule that either the case has legal… pic.twitter.com/sjUQZC8Z9b
— Nathan Thompson (@truthprevials) June 23, 2026

The post continues:

… grounds or does not, or will not take the case.
Here it did take the case and ruled that the argument used was not valid.
It is that simple.
The court will not rule based on something the defendant or the plaintiff did not use in their argument.
You are supposed to be a legislator and yet are unable to understand basics.
You should be nowhere near public office. You are a danger to our republic and to the rule of law, in addition to being a creep.

Stop whining.
Religions freedom is actually under attack because of entitled creeps and perverts like you.
Too bad you can't buy class with all that donor money, creep.
— Nathan Thompson (@truthprevials) June 23, 2026

Wiener is still butthurt that a Christian back in 2012 couldn't be legally forced to make a wedding cake for a lesbian wedding, so he's trying to use this case to prove that only Christians have religious liberty in this country. He somehow manages to make everything about LGBTQ rights.

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SCOTUS: Rastafarian Can’t Sue Prison Guards for Shaving His Dreadlocks (Scott Wiener Whines)

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