Religious Freedom and Indian Rights
The Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Oregon v. Smith sharply departed from previous expansive readings of the First Amendment’s religious freedom clause and ignited a firestorm of protest from legal scholars, religious groups, legislators, and Native Americans. Carolyn Long provides the first book-length analysis of Smith and shows why it continues to resonate so deeply in the American ps...
The Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Oregon v. Smith sharply departed from previous expansive readings of the First Amendment’s religious freedom clause and ignited a firestorm of protest from legal scholars, religious groups, legislators, and Native Americans. Carolyn Long provides the first book-length analysis of Smith and shows why it continues to resonate so deeply in the American ps...
