if you think this is definitely going to be held unconstitutional, please note that in 2019 the Supreme Court held that a giant cross on public land did not violate the Constitution
The best argument for this Court is that Louisiana has chosen a distinctly Protestant form of Establishment, which obviously and invidiously discriminates against Catholics
No, you see, it’s only on the wall for its general Western cultural relevance. It’s a benign acknowledgment of the role played by monotheism in American history.
Yes, this is the play. The creche plus santa plus menorah, public school version. BUT...the mistake was to make the other junk optional and the commandments required
And the application to university classrooms makes it hard to claim a "history, man" defense too -- what function is the 10 commandments serving in a dance studio or astronomy classroom or Chinese history class?
Well whatever purpose it is it certainly won’t be a coercive one to Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas. Very curious where the other three conservatives go on this with Lemon cut out from under Stone and McCreary County.
Maybe but some of those three think the establishment clause protects against favoring a particular religion. And for some of them, this is not the religion they favor
I wouldn’t bet on how this will shake out, but a state explicitly signing into statute a statewide policy strikes me as significantly harder for the justices to spin & mischaracterize than the football coach’s pregame prayers
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