Above the cliffs of San Diego, a 43-foot cross is a memorial to war veterans and the focus of a First Amendment controversy.
In addition to the cross, the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial includes about 3,000 plaques that honor soldiers and hundreds of American flags. In the case City of San Diego v. Trunk, counsel of record Allyson Ho of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the monument violates the Establishment Clause because it “contains a cross among numerous other secular symbols of patriotism and sacrifice.”
