Anthony James Merrick v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al.
HabeasCorpus
Does the lack of a workable test for determination of religious sincerity create arbitrary decisions based on bias that effectively violate the Establishment Clause?
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