In a newly filed brief, 22 states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court not only to revisit its Ten Commandments monument jurisprudence, but also to rewrite its church-state doctrine entirely.
The experience of the Belle Plaine City Council in trying to protect a Christian display on government land leads to one clear solution.
Why are the Ten Commandments such a church-state lightning rod? A monument controversy in New Mexico may be headed to the Supreme Court, while a dispute in Arkansas is just getting started.
A federal court in Florida ruled unconstitutional a large cross in a city park, but the judge was not happy about it.