Guest Commentary Cross questions
Justices zero in on Congress’ role in Mojave dispute
Posted: October 12, 2009 at 6:22 a.m.
The long-running establishment-clause dispute over a Latin cross that has stood for 75 years as a war memorial on federal land in California’s Mojave Desert finally reached the Supreme Court last week. But by the end of the hour-long argument before the justices, it appeared to be less about the establishment clause and more an inquiry into the procedural oddities of the case, and about the latest effort by Congress to end the controversy.
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Opinion, Pages 4 on 10/12/2009
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