BJC Asks Supreme Court to Find Bladensburg Cross Unconstitutional
In a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Bladensburg Cross case, the BJC counters powerfully the claim that the cross is merely a generic, secular memorializing symbol.
In a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Bladensburg Cross case, the BJC counters powerfully the claim that the cross is merely a generic, secular memorializing symbol.
The BJC’s Holly Hollman issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement that it will take up the Bladensburg cross case this term.
A 3-judge panel ruled that precedent demands they affirm an order to remove the Pensacola cross, but they criticized in strong terms the law requiring that outcome.
Would a state constitutional amendment authorizing public schools to display the Ten Commandments settle the issue and bar litigation challenging the move? Not by a long shot.
A ban on both religious and anti-religious messages as part of a rule prohibiting all issue-based messages in public transit system’s ad space is permissible, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.