For the second time this week, the justices are expected to issue opinions this morning, but they are unlikely to steal the thunder of one of the term’s most high-profile cases: a religion clause challenge involving a 43-foot concrete World War I memorial cross on public land in Maryland. The case has drawn an outpouring of amicus briefs on each side. We focus on one in particular that charts a path away from the high court’s multiple establishment clause tests. We also take a peek behind the end of the popular Supreme Court podcast First Mondays. Thanks for reading, and contact us anytime at [email protected] and [email protected].
Middle Road to a Constitutional ‘Peace Cross’?
When the justices sit down later this morning to weigh the constitutionality of a 43-foot World War I memorial cross on public land, will there be another way—apart from their often criticized and debated establishment clause tests—to find an answer?
