Tenth Circuit Rejects Native American's RFRA Challlenge of Prosecution for Killing of Bald Eagle Can

From How Appealing:

Tenth Circuit holds that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not preclude the federal government from prosecuting a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming who shot a bald eagle for use in the tribe's traditional religious ceremony: Circuit Judge Michael W. McConnell was the author of today's unanimous, 44-page opinion.

Today's ruling holds that "the Eagle Act and its regulations are the least restrictive means of pursuing the government's compelling interest in preserving the bald eagle."

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