Apache Stronghold, Petitioner v. United States, et al. | Order Date: 5/23/25 | Case No. 24-291Link to Docket: <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-291.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here</a>.Question Presented: Whether the government “substantially burdens” religious exercise under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), or must satisfy heightened scrutiny under the Free Exercise Clause, when it singles out a sacred site for complete physical destruction, ending specific religious rituals forever.Result: Denial of certiorari.Voting Breakdown: 6-2. Justice Gorsuch with whom Justice Thomas joined, dissented from the denial of certiorari.Link to Decision: <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-291_5i26.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Here</a>.

Apache Stronghold, Petitioner v. United States, et al. | Order Date: 5/23/25 | Case No. 24-291 Link to Docket: Here. Question Presented: Whether the government “substantially burdens” religious exercise under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), or must satisfy heightened scrutiny under the Free Exercise Clause, when it singles out a sacred site for complete physical destruction, ending specific religious rituals forever. Result: Denial of certiorari. Voting Breakdown: 6-2. Justice Gorsuch with whom Justice Thomas joined, dissented from the denial of certiorari. Link to Decision: Here.

Apache Stronghold, Petitioner v. United States, et al. | Order Date: 5/23/25 | Case No. 24-291Link to Docket: <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-291.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here</a>.Question Presented: Whether the government “substantially burdens” religious exercise under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), or must satisfy heightened scrutiny under the Free Exercise Clause, when it singles out a sacred site for complete physical destruction, ending specific religious rituals forever.Result: Denial of certiorari.Voting Breakdown: 6-2. Justice Gorsuch with whom Justice Thomas joined, dissented from the denial of certiorari.Link to Decision: <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-291_5i26.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here</a>.

Cert Denial: Apache Stronghold: When Sacred Sites Meet Corporate Mining | Decision Date: 5/27/25

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