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Archive for the ‘The UDV case’ Category
November 1st, 2005
Category: The UDV case
SCOTUSblog and Bloomberg think the Justices were leaning toward the church.
September 26th, 2005
Category: The UDV case
Howard Friedman of Religion Clause notes that the government and the church disagree about what they disagree about in the upcoming Supreme Court ayahuasca case. He also notes some byplay among amici about whether the Court should, or needs to, decide the constitutionality of RFRA under the Establishment Clause.
April 19th, 2005
Category: Drug Policy, The UDV case
Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protect the ritual use of ayahuasca? The Supreme Court has agreed to decide.
March 1st, 2003
Category: The UDV case
The Centro Espirito Beneficiente Unaio do Vegetal (UDV) is a Brazilian church combining Christian beliefs with a practice copied from certain Amazonian Indians: ritual use of a psychoactive sacrament brewed from two Amazonian plants. The church and its sacraments are legal in Brazil. Its small American branch, which has both US and Brazilian nationals as [...]
