High Court To Examine Facial Hair, Teeth-Whitening

AP ^ | 03/03/2014 | Staff

[BuckeyeTexan]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facial hair and teeth-whitening will be getting unusually prominent attention from the Supreme Court.

The court agreed Monday to hear two cases during its next term that involve matters of personal hygiene in vastly different settings.

In one case, the court will decide whether an Arkansas prison inmate must be allowed to grow a short beard in accordance with his religious beliefs.

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Separately, the high court is taking up a North Carolina case in which the state's dental regulatory board argues that only dentists should be allowed to whiten teeth.

[BuckeyeTexan]

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[GeronL]

Separately, the high court is taking up a North Carolina case in which the state's dental regulatory board argues that only dentists should be allowed to whiten teeth

Dentists want the courts/government to keep people from whitening their own teeth?

[humblegunner]

I’ve got a beard because it cuts the shaving time WAY down.
I only have to open up and dump the Norelco about once a month.

[MeshugeMikey]

The Supreme Court should be handling the ever so constitutionally vague... teeth whitening SCANDAL?

what do white teeth have to do with constitutional matters?

[Red Badger]

High Court To Examine Facial Hair, Teeth-Whitening?

Did they install mirrors in the courtroom?..................

[plainshame]

Don’t they have any better cases to look at?

[Berlin_Freeper]

How to Brush Teeth

[BigEdLB]

The justices will hear an appeal from inmate Gregory Holt, who says his Muslim beliefs require him to grow a beard.

The 38-year-old Holt is serving a life sentence for domestic violence and burglary. Prosecutors alleged that Holt cut his girlfriend's throat and stabbed her in the chest at her mobile home.

OK...Now lets find a couple burly fellow prisoners to hold him down while the guard uses a dull razor to remove the offensive facial hair of the member of the religion of Peass...

[Sirius Lee]

I look forward to hairy teeth and hair whitening.

[bgill]

The same court that admitted it was “evading” the usurper’s eligibility. John Jay is rolling in his grave.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Essentially, dentists in NC want to prevent day spas and tanning salons from offering teeth-whitening services.

[GeronL]

They don’t want the competition and want the government to spend taxpayer dollars to keep prices higher.

[latina4dubya]

Dentists want the courts/government to keep people from whitening their own teeth?

no... at least not at this time...

[BuckeyeTexan]

The Court granted five cases today. They’re beginning to docket cases for the October 2014 - June 2015 term. I’m sure we’ll eventually get some more interesting and noteworthy cases.

[knarf]

Essentially, some power desiring moneyed people have successfully lobbied to get the Supers to allow them to develop a monopoly.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Waxing will do the same thing for ya. ;p

[latina4dubya]

Don’t they have any better cases to look at?

they declined a couple of immigration cases... and the one with the German family seeking asylum because they are not allowed to homeschool in Germany :(

[Still Thinking]

Is this real or are we just experiencing a nightmare?

Yes. And also yes.