Day: September 27, 2013

psychic RLUIPA

Fourth Circuit Rules Fortune Teller Not Protected by Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

In Moore-King v. County of Chesterfield, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that “Psychic Sophie” could not avoid a local ordinance that required fortune tellers to obtain a business license by relying on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). The federal statute prohibits government from enacting a