The Supreme Court’s disturbing approach to federal spending

The Supreme Court ruled in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections that federal spending programs should be treated as contracts, limiting the ability to sue individual government officials under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLIUPA). The decision, 6-3 along ideological lines, held that officials cannot be sued unless they explicitly consent, effectively weakening enforcement of RLIUPA against violations.