Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety · ¶82

In short, RLUIPA leaves no need to “wonder . . . what sort of penalties might be on the table” for a violation of its terms. Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, 596 U. S. 212, 220 (2022). Like RFRA, RLUIPA “reinstat[ed] both the pre- Smith substantive protections of the First Amendment and the right to vindicate those protections by a claim,” Tanzin, 592 U. S., at 50—with an individual damages remedy where appropriate.

slip opinion, revised 6/28/26
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