Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1995
Publication Information
13 Crisis, no. 4, Apr. 1995 at 39.
Abstract
The Supreme Court is at it again. The justices are looking this term at two church-state questions which have long perplexed them. One is the yuletide baby-Jesus-in-the-public-square problem. This time, in the case of Pinette v. Review Board, a private group set up a Latin cross near the Ohio state capitol. This public space has long been used by all sorts of private speakers, including, it would seem, people with religious messages. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Ohio Realm put up a sign disclaiming all public sponsorship. Was this still an "establishment" of religion? Federal appeals court Judge James Ryan opined that only a "dolt" would think so. He ruled that it was not an establishment. It really is an open question, given the Court's precedents, whether the dolts will prevail.
Recommended Citation
Gerard V. Bradley,
Deja Vu, All Over Again: The Supreme Court Revisits Religious Liberty,
13 Crisis, no. 4, Apr. 1995 at 39..
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