Last year the Supreme Court affirmed a religious right to a beard:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;21&#x2F;378774424&#x2F;supreme-court-rules-on-2-prisoner-rights-cases" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;21&#x2F;378774424&#x2F;supreme-court-rules-...</a><p>(I searched for &quot;supreme court prisoner rights&quot;)<p>I&#x27;m not lampooning the religious right to a beard, I&#x27;m suggesting that the atmosphere in the courts may be better than you think.