Supreme Court ruling skirts First Amendment in allowing Ten Commandments in park
In allowing a monument of the Ten Commandments to remain in a city park to the exclusion of a display by another religion, the Supreme Court held that the monument was government speech so could remain. The case now shifts to whether the monument violates the First Amendment under the establishment clause – the state should not establish religion. –DB First Amendment Center Deb. 26, 2009 By Tony Mauro WASHINGTON, D.C. — One way for