O Centro Oral Argument Transcript Now Online

The full transcript is now online of the November 1 oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court in Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal. The case involves the federal government's attempt to bar a New Mexico church from using a hallucinogenic tea in religious ceremonies. (See prior posting.) Usuallly transcripts are posted by the Supreme Court 2 to 3 weeks after argument. The Court did not explain the delay in this case.