Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal (2006)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:546_U.S._418
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg gptkb:David_Souter gptkb:Antonin_Scalia gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:John_G._Roberts,_Jr. gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens gptkb:Samuel_Alito gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	February 21, 2006
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:heldBy	Government failed to demonstrate a compelling interest in barring the church's sacramental use of hoasca tea under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal (2006)
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:Controlled_Substances_Act gptkb:Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	Whether the government can prohibit a religious group from using a hallucinogenic tea as a sacrament under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
gptkbp:opinionBy	gptkb:John_G._Roberts,_Jr.
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:Alberto_R._Gonzales
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Religious use of controlled substances
gptkbp:response	gptkb:O_Centro_Espirita_Beneficente_Uniao_do_Vegetal
gptkbp:result	Affirmed lower court's injunction allowing the church to use hoasca tea.
gptkbp:unanimousDecision	Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:RFRA
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6