Goldman v. Weinberger, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1986, is a primary legal judgment. Its strength is that it is the actual ruling upholding the Air Force's authority to prohibit an Orthodox Jewish officer from wearing a yarmulke on duty. Its limit, worth stating plainly, is that Congress reversed the practical effect of this ruling the following year in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988, so the case is a historical legal precedent whose outcome no longer reflects current US military policy.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the Supreme Court's own ruling, though its practical effect was legislatively reversed the following year, a historical precedent rather than current policy. NotesHeld that the Air Force could prohibit an Orthodox Jewish officer from wearing a yarmulke on duty. Reversed by Congress the following year in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988.
Citation
AuthorSupreme Court of the United States
PublisherSupreme Court of the United States
Publication Year1986
Source TypeCase law
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religious Dress & Vestments, 1 claims: 1 general references.
General References
1Religious Dress & Vestments
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