Law Practice
Nov. 13, 2008
Justices Consider Religious Monuments on Public Land
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unlikely Wednesday to conclude that a town in Utah violated the First Amendment rights of a religious group by refusing its offer of a monument commemorating its principles.
By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unlikely Wednesday to conclude that a town in Utah violated the First Amendment rights of a religious group by refusing its offer of a monument commemorating its principles. Pleasant Grove, Utah, denied the request made by the Summum religious sect, even though it had previously accepted a monument featuring the Ten Commandments and displayed it in a public ...
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unlikely Wednesday to conclude that a town in Utah violated the First Amendment rights of a religious group by refusing its offer of a monument commemorating its principles. Pleasant Grove, Utah, denied the request made by the Summum religious sect, even though it had previously accepted a monument featuring the Ten Commandments and displayed it in a public ...
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