Peyote vs. the State: Religious Freedom on Trial
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806140267 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
the State offers a riveting look at how justice works—and sometimes doesn’t—in America today.. Weaving fascinating legal narrative with personal drama, Peyote vs. But before this constitutional confrontation was over, Frohnmayer and Smith twice asked the U.S. Al Smith, a substance-abuse counselor to Native Americans, wanted only to earn a living. Dave Frohnmayer, the attorney general of Oregon, was planning his gubernatorial campaign and seeking care for his desperately ill daughters. This paperback edition includes a new
Midwest Book Review said Details the six-year battle between two men with different visions of religious freedom. Garrett Epps' PEYOTE VS. THE STATE: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ON TRIAL details the six-year battle between two men with different visions of religious freedom. Al Smith was a substance-abuse counselor to Native Americans, Dave Frohnmayer was an Oregon attorney with his hands full politically and personally. But both found themselves at the U.S. Supreme Court asking about the rights of Native Americans to worship God through the use of peyote. This account of a basic Native struggle is a 'must' for any college-level Native American collection.
Garrett Epps, the author of four books and a former reporter for the Washington Post, is Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore.
He draws on both disciplines in this thought provoking and moving account of the human drama of two families caught up in one of the most important constitutional cases of our time."--Walter Dellinger, Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law, Duke University"In a class with "Gideon's Trumpet" and" A Civil Action,.".In this compelling narrative, Garrett Epps does more than chronicle the most important religious freedom case of the last decade. Maggs Professor of Law, Duke University. He vividly brings to life the people who, often without realizing what they were do