Supreme Court orders new review of detainee religious-rights case
The Supreme Court has instructed a lower court to review its decision that terrorism detainees lack religious rights under United States law.
The justices issued an order Dec. 15 reversing the January decision by the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals. The justices told the lower court to reconsider it in light of the high court’s June ruling in Boumediene v. Bush, which found that detainees have some rights under the Constitution.
The ruling is a victory for supporters of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) . . .