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Court to Hears Arguments About Cross on Park Land

Source: Washington Post

Washington : DC : USA | 2 months ago

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Salazar , a church-state case involving a 6 1/2-foot cross built in the Mojave desert in the 1930s as a memorial to troops killed in World War I. The case is the first major opportunity for the court under Chief Justice John G. Roberts to divine the meaning of the First Amendment command that "Congress shall...

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Court Hears Case About Cross in National Preserve

News Source: The New York Times | 2 months ago

An argument Wednesday about the fate of a cross in a remote part of the Mojave National Preserve in southeastern California largely avoided the most interesting question suggested by the case whether the First Amendment’s ban on the...
Justices appear divided over cross on park land

News Source: USA Today | 2 months ago

Supreme Court arguments over a cross at a national preserve in California turned tense Wednesday, revealing the divisions among justices regarding religious symbols on public grounds. One of the most heated exchanges came when an American Civil...
Justices weigh constitutionality of memorial cross

News Source: CNN | 2 months ago

The Supreme Court offered conflicting concerns Wednesday over a cross, erected as a war memorial, that sits on national parkland in the Mojave Desert and whether it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. Conservative members of...
Supreme Court weighs arguments over Mojave cross

News Source: Christian Science Monitor | 2 months ago

That's one question in the Supreme Court case about a cross erected in a national park in 1934 to honor the war dead. Few issues rouse passions as deeply as the proper role of religion in the public square. Ask nine citizens their views on the...
Supreme Court debates cross on California national parkland

News Source: Bradenton Herald | 2 months ago

tool goes here A cross erected in California's remote Mojave National Preserve captivated the Supreme Court on Wednesday, as the justices clashed in a closely watched religion case. The long-running dispute seemed to divide the court along...
Split court hears Mojave cross case

News Source: United Press International | 2 months ago

Supreme Court heard argument Wednesday on the constitutionality of a cross erected without permission on public land in the Mojave Desert 75 years ago. Lower courts have said the monument is unconstitutional and must be removed, and the cross is now...