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On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit BRIEF OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, MUSLIM ADVOCATES, THE QUEENS FEDERATION OF CHURCHES, AND THE SIKH AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND AS AMICI CURIAE SUPPORTING PETITIONER DEREK L. [...] 5 1 BRIEF OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, MUSLIM ADVOCATES, THE QUEENS FEDERATION OF CHURCHES, AND THE SIKH AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND AS AMICI CURIAE SUPPORTING PETITIONER AND URGING REVERSAL INTERESTS OF AMICI CURIAE The religious and civil liberties organizations joining this brief represent a diversity of theologies and worldvi. [...] ADL is committed to safeguarding the free exercise rights of all Americans, including prison inmates and others confined to state institutions, yet recognizes the challenge that prison officials face in seeking to accommodate the diverse religious beliefs of the general prison population while protecting personnel, other inmates, and the public. [...] Scott Budzenski, Tug of War: The Supreme Court, Congress, and the Circuits - The Fifth Circuit's Input on the Struggle to Define a Prisoner's Right to Religious Freedom in Adkins v. [...] To avoid doubt, Congress has expressly instructed that the statute should be "construed in favor of a broad protection of religious exercise, to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of this chapter and the Constitution." 42 U.