Tag: US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reinforced the privilege of the cross in American society with their...
When is a clearly Christian cross on public land maintained by public tax dollars not really a religious symbol but, rather, cultural and historic in nature? The answer is when 7 out of 9 Supreme Court “justices” say so!
The case involved a 40-foot tall concrete cross, the so-called “Peace Cross,” that was donated through private funds 90 years ago honoring 49 servicemembers who died in World War 1. It stands in Bladensburg, Maryland in the center of a busy...
Clarence Thomas suggests the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling should be overturned
The Supreme Court’s decided to punt on the case of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. That only delays the inevitable day of judgment.
But perhaps the biggest impact on marriage equality came in an entirely different case and Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in it.
The case in question was about legal double jeopardy, in which you can’t be tried twice for the same crime. An Alabama man who had faced both federal...
