Laws from on high: religious displays on public property.

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Laws from on high: religious displays on public property.

Opponents will most likely argue that courts should follow McCreary while proponents will probably argue that courts should follow Van Orden and permit displays currently being litigated and beyond.

One of society's most perennial, emotionally charged, contentious debates recently came to a head in Alabama as Americans watched, some with tears, others with nods of approval, as a monument of the Decalogue, or Ten Commandments, was removed from the rotunda of the Alabama State Judicial Building. Supporters of and opponents to displaying the Ten Commandments on public property quickly separated into two polarized factions: One group insisting that the establishment clause of the U. S. Constitution precluded the display of religious icons in public places, while another group asserted with equal fervor that such icons form the basis of American jurispru...

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