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An authorized leak? That's the way it looks to me.

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SCOTUSblog and Bloomberg think the Justices were leaning toward the church.

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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....

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The Supreme Court briefs are in.

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Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protect the ritual use of ayahuasca? The Supreme Court has agreed to decide.

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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 members, sued the federal government,...

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