FILE – In this May 7, 2014 file photo, the World War I memorial cross is pictured in Bladensburg, Md. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a nearly 100-year-old, cross-shaped war memorial located on a Maryland highway median violates the Constitution’s required separation of church and state. The […]
By: Ariane de Vogue Washington (CNN) The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up a religious liberty case concerning a 93-year-old war memorial in Maryland that challengers say violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitution because it stands on public ground and is in the shape of a cross. […]
By: Melissa Quinn The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a legal dispute over the constitutionality of a 40-foot cross honoring those killed in World War I located on state-owned land in Maryland, the court announced Friday. The lawsuit centers around the memorial, a Latin cross atop a […]
The “Peace Cross,” the focus of an intense court case regarding its upkeep and placement on public land, stands at a busy intersection in Bladensburg, Md. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post) By: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a 40-foot cross in the median of […]
Attorneys with First Liberty Institute represent The American Legion in defense of “gravestone” to 49-men from Prince George’s County, Maryland WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that it has accepted the appeal of The American Legion et al. v. American Humanist Association et al. The American […]
A 2014 lawsuit said that the Peace Cross, which sits on state land in Bladensburg, Md., was an endorsement of Christianity.CreditCreditAlgerina Perna/The Baltimore Sun, via Associated Press By: Adam Liptak WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a 40-foot cross on state property in suburban Maryland violates […]
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