Wednesday, June 11, 2025

De Souza Silva v. Bondi (9th Cir. - June 11, 2025)

You read about a fair number of religions when you peruse the various appellate opinions. Most of them are familiar, but on occasion, you learn something new.

Today, in this Ninth Circuit asylum opinion, I learned about a religion I had never heard about before: Candomblé.

The opinion contains some various facts about the religion, and there's an expansive Wikipedia page about it. Apparently a non-trivial number of people in Brazil are members.

Interesting stuff.