Opinion: The Bladensburg cross case in the Supreme Court tees up the Lemon test for overturning
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether a 93-year-old cross-shaped war memorial on public land violates the Constitutional prohibition on government establishment of religion. The specific case is an easy call, but the Justices also have an opportunity to clear up their messy Establishment Clause jurisprudence.
At issue is the American Legion’s 40-foot-tall Bladensburg cross erected in 1925 to pay respect to 49 men from Prince George’s County in Maryland who died in World War I. In 1961 the state of Maryland acquired...
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