Epps (law, U. of Baltimore) narrates the US Supreme Court case of Employment Division v. Smith, which determined that the state could deny unemployment benefits to Klamath Indian Al Smith and another plaintiff, who had been fired from their jobs at an Oregon drug rehabilitation clinic for ingesting peyote as part of their religious ceremonies as members of the Native American Church. Epps describes the case from beginning to end, focusing on the people involved almost as much as the First Amendment issues of freedom of religion involved, particularly on plaintiff Smith and on Dave Frohmayer, the Oregon Attorney General arguing before the Court on behalf of the state. This is a paperbound edition of a work first published in 2001. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)