[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> Sent: Mon Mar 31 16:39:52 2008 Subject: Cert Grant in Summum
The Supreme Court today granted cert in an unusual Ten Commandments case, Summum v. Pleasant Grove City. The case was brought by a religious organization that wanted to put up its own religious monument in a city park, given that there was already a Ten Commandments display there. The Tenth Circuit found for the plaintiffs, agreeing with them that the park was a traditional public forum from which the plaintiffs could only be excluded upon the showing of a compelling interest. The panel's decision seems pretty dubious - I imagine the Supreme Court will reverse, with a logic along the lines of Judge McConnell's dissent from denial of rehearing en banc. Best, Chris Christopher C. Lund Assistant Professor of Law Mississippi College School of Law 151 E. Griffith St. Jackson, MS 39201 (601) 925-7141 (office) (601) 925-7113 (fax)
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