Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety · ¶66

Before us, respondents offer two reasons why Landor cannot obtain damages—one statutory and the other constitutional. First, they posit that RLUIPA's provision for “appropriate relief” against a “person acting under color of State law,” 42 U. S. C. §§ 2000cc–2(a), 2000cc–5(4)(A), authorizes only injunctive relief. Second, they assert that, if RLUIPA purports to authorize individual-capacity damages lawsuits against prison officials, Congress will have exceeded the Constitution's limits on its spending power.

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