The I AM Activity and United States v. Ballard
After the founder's family was indicted for mail fraud, the US Supreme Court ruled in 1944 that a jury may never judge whether a religious claim is objectively TRUE — only whether the person making it sincerely believes it. A foundational ruling on religious freedom, born from one movement's legal troubles.
United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944)
A 1930s American spiritual movement whose founder claimed direct contact with an ascended master, and the resulting Supreme Court case that followed his death.