The Supreme Court v. Peyote | More Perfect Podcast | Season 4 Episode 1 | Full Episode

A #podcast about how the Supreme Court got so supreme.
More than 30 years ago, a Native American man named Al Smith was fired for ingesting peyote at a religious ceremony. When his battle made it to the Supreme Court, the decision set off a thorny debate over when religious people get to sidestep the law - a debate we’re still having today.
Voices in the episode include:
• Garrett Epps - professor of Practice at the University of Oregon Law School
• Ka’ila Farrell-Smith - Al Smith’s daughter, visual artist
• Jane Farrell - Al Smith's widow, retired early childhood specialist
• Galen Black - Al Smith’s former coworker
• Steven C. Moore - senior staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund
• Craig J. Dorsay - lawyer who argued Al Smith’s case before the Supreme Court
• Dan Mach, director of the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief
Learn more:
• 1963: Sherbert v. Verner - www.oyez.org/c...
• 1990: Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith - www.oyez.org/c...
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ABOUT MORE PERFECT
The Supreme Court was designed to be above the fray of politics. But at a time when politics seems to seep into every pore of American life, are the nine justices living up to that promise? More Perfect is a guide to the current moment on the Court. We bring the highest court of the land down to earth, telling the human dramas at the Court that shape so many aspects of American life - from our religious freedom to our artistic expression, from our reproductive choices to our voice in democracy.
The new season, hosted by Julia Longoria (a former More Perfect producer) will revisit the human dramas at the Court that are driving change around core aspects of American life today - from our religious freedom to our artistic expression; from our reproductive choices to our voice in democracy.
Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project by Justia and the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.
Support for More Perfect is provided in part by The Smart Family Fund.
Episode illustration by Candice Evers www.candiceeve...

[@garyjohnson8327]

Thank you for covering Native issues. Maybe the title should have been scotus v religious freedom.

[@Dirtyrottenindian]

Sepk’eec’a SaMaks, Modoc and proud ✊🏽