Oregon vs Smith
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Updated: 13 Dec 2017
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Created bykaden Crawford
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The Court case was arguedThe court case was decidedThe two counselors lost their battle in state courtthe U.S. Supreme Court remanded the case to the Oregon Supreme Court for a determination whether the use of peyote by the claimants violated State law.U.S. Supreme Court granted the Oregon Employment Division its petition for writ of certiorari on this issueCourt case was citatedthe Supreme Court granted for the second time the oregon employment division's petition for writ of certiorariThe law defines controlled substances as a drug classified in schedules I through VSchedule I contains the drug peyote a hallucinogenJustice Antonin Scalia observed that the Court has never held that an individual's religious beliefs excuse him from compliance with an otherwise valid law prohibiting conduct that government is free to regulate.
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