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Federal appeals court allows Missouri to enforce vegan food label law

JURIST

Missouri enacted a statute in 2018 that makes “misrepresenting a product as meat that is not derived from harvested production livestock or poultry” a class A misdemeanor, which can include up to one year imprisonment and a $1,000 fine. ” The plaintiffs failed to show irreparable harm.

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Beards and Brady (i.e., religious freedom and criminal procedure)

SCOTUSBlog

In Holt , the justices ruled that an Arkansas prison policy that prevented a Muslim prisoner from growing a half-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. Issues : (1) Whether spending-clause statutes ever give rise to privately enforceable rights under 42 U.S.C.