Equal protection and haircuts -- this just in from Germany: https://www.thelocal.de/20190201/german-court-rules-military-goth-must-cut-hair-and-beard. Excerpt:
The court held that equal rights rules did not require that all rules must be the same for men and for women. The court held however that the rule itself should be reconsidered as it interferes with the freedom of the individual.
Although the court ruled the man must cut his hair, authorities are now required to provide a justification for why the rule exists - or change it.
Germany’s basic law protects people from “having to comply with restrictions through official instructions on personal appearance without a legal basis, when they also affect one’s appearance outside the service."
The current rule will continue to apply until the legislators have decided upon a course of action.
Compare
Goldman v. Weinberger, 475 U.S. 503 (1986).
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