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[blue meme] Conservative's popularity may be problem for GOP: Moore, a Republican who enjoys widespread support in his home state, is poised to run against a vulnerable Republican governor. If he wins, some party strategists speculate, he could defy a federal court order again by erecting a religious monument outside the Alabama state Capitol building. With the 2008 presidential race looming, President Bush would then face a no-win decision: either call out the National Guard to enforce a court order against a religious display on state grounds or allow a fellow born-again Christian to defy the courts.
[Conservative Eyes] Supreme Court Set to Decide on Ten Commandments: The only commonality between the McCreary Ten Commandments case and the Town of Great Falls is that both involve the Lemon test, and the McCreary County case requests the Court to overrule or modify the test. By the time the Court voted on whether to accept the Town of Great Falls petition, it had already voted in the McCreary County case regarding the disposition of the Lemon test. If the Court had not voted to overrule or modify the Lemon test, it would have almost certainly granted or denied the petition for review in the Town of Great Falls case.
[De Novo] Two Establishment Clause Cases [more to come]: Thomas Van Orden sued Texas in federal district court, arguing a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state capitol building building represented an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion. Orden argued this violated the First Amendment's establishment clause, which prohibited the government from passing laws "respecting an establishment of religion." The district court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Orden and said the monument served a valid secular purpose and would not appear to a reasonable observer to represent a government endorsement of religion.
[Cyberhillbilly] Supreme Watch: A couple of other issues that will be closely followed in Eastern Kentucky also await rulings, including the posting of the Ten Commandments and medicinal use of marijuana.
[Christianitytoday.com] Weblog: Supreme Court Shalt Not Hear Ten Commandments Case ...: Or it may be that the Kentucky case would have to involve issues beyond simply whether the Ten Commandments can be posted on government property. After all, this monument gave special attention to the words "I AM the LORD thy God," and contained religious symbols, including two Stars of David and "a symbol representing Christ" (Reuters doesn't say what symbol).
[Acsblog.org] ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: Ending the ...: Conservative commentators, as well as many of the protesters that gathered on the Court’s steps as it heard oral argument, want the government to be able to convey explicitly religious””and explicitly Christian””messages. As their champion, Justice Scalia, said during oral argument, the Commandments are a “symbol of the fact that government derives its authority from God,” and “that is .an appropriate symbol to be on state grounds.” Progressives, on the other hand, worry that allowing Ten Commandments displays and other expressions of governmental support for religion will harm religious minorities and erode the wall of separation between church and state.
[Cindyswanslife.blogspot.com] Notes in the Key of Life: Why should the Ten Commandments be ...: Liberty Counsel attorney Mat Staver will be defending Ten Commandments displays in Kentucky courthouses. Staver says, "The decision of the Supreme Court in 2005 on Liberty Counsel's Ten Commandments case will set the course for the future interpretation of the First Amendment on such matters as the Pledge of Allegiance, the National Motto 'In God We Trust,' along with other public acknowledgements of religion. Either America will be able to acknowledge God or it won't.[my emphasis] Our heritage and our future are riding on this case."
[Notapundit.myblogsite.com] Not A Pundit Weblog :: Mississippi: They Love Their Ten Commandments: Mississippi has had a law since 2001 requiring the motto "In God We Trust" to be posted in public schools. The new bill would allow the motto, the Ten Commandments and excerpts from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount to be posted in all public buildings.
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