Research Paper On Turner Vs Safley
Keigen S. Daniels
Corrections
April 11, 2017 Corrections Almost all of the rights protected by the First Amendment are governed by the same legal standard, developed in a case called Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987). In Turner, prisoners in Missouri brought a class action lawsuit challenging a regulation that limited the ability of prisoners to write letters to each other. The Supreme Court used the case to establish a four-part test for First Amendment claims. There are four questions that are asked using this test: 1. Is the regulation reasonably related to a legitimate, neutral government interest? 2. Does the regulation leave open another way for you to exercise your constitutional rights? 3. How does the issue impact other
Corrections
April 11, 2017 Corrections Almost all of the rights protected by the First Amendment are governed by the same legal standard, developed in a case called Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987). In Turner, prisoners in Missouri brought a class action lawsuit challenging a regulation that limited the ability of prisoners to write letters to each other. The Supreme Court used the case to establish a four-part test for First Amendment claims. There are four questions that are asked using this test: 1. Is the regulation reasonably related to a legitimate, neutral government interest? 2. Does the regulation leave open another way for you to exercise your constitutional rights? 3. How does the issue impact other