First Amendment: Freedom of Religion Practice Test

The Free Exercise Clause supports the inmate because denying reasonable dietary accommodation can burden religious practice absent legitimate penological justification.

The Establishment Clause supports the inmate because providing halal meals would be government sponsorship of Islam and therefore constitutionally forbidden.

The Lemon test controls prison diet decisions and requires prisons to avoid any contact with religion by refusing all faith-based meal requests.

Engel v. Vitale supports the inmate because it requires government institutions to provide religious services whenever individuals request them.

Wisconsin v. Yoder supports the inmate because it guarantees exemptions from all institutional rules whenever a sincere religious belief is asserted.