Frohnmayer against Smith "Peyote Persecution Shows Societal Racism!!!!
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Frohnmayer against Smith "Peyote Persecution Shows Societal Racism!
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_88_1213
Frohnmayer against Smith "Peyote Persecution Shows Societal Racism!
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_88_1213
Facts of the Case
Two Native Americans who worked as counselors for a private drug rehabilitation organization, ingested peyote -- a powerful hallucinogen -- as part of their religious ceremonies as members of the Native American Church. As a result of this conduct, the rehabilitation organization fired the counselors. The counselors filed a claim for unemployment compensation. The government denied them benefits because the reason for their dismissal was considered work-related "misconduct." The counselors lost their battle in state court. But the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Oregon Supreme Court's judgment against the disgruntled employees, and returned the case to the Oregon courts to determine whether or not sacramental use of illegal drugs violated Oregon's state drug laws (485 U.S. 660 (1988)). On remand, the Oregon Supreme Court concluded that while Oregon drug law prohibited the consumption of illegal drugs for sacramental religious uses, this prohibition violated the free exercise clause. The case returned to the U.S. Supreme Court in this new posture
Frohnmayer the tyrant above the law history of his criminal misconduct in Oregon.
http://historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com/alcohol_and_drugs_history/peyote/
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