Court Wades Shallowly Into Church and State
There was a public land in the memory of the people that died in World War 1 and there was a dispute of a cross in the Mojave National Preserve. Congress thought it could solve the problem by converting the part of the land that hold the cross to private property but people of course started a dispute. The Congress wants to dissociate the government from the memorial but people say if the land was not a memorial it would revert to the federal government. The Supreme Court has been trying to avoid talking about this issue because our first amendment allows to believe in any belief we want (freedom of religion). “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 0th Circuit that a cross on public land is unconstitutional. This case is called the Salazar v. Buono. I really don’t see what is the big deal. I understand that it is public property but they want to express themselves so I don’t see it a big deal.