Law Update

Thou shalt move the Ten Commandments, two federal courts ruled last week.

One ruling was front-page news and involved the stone monument installed at Alabama's state supreme court building by state Chief Justice Roy Moore. A federal district judge ruled that the display is an unconstitutional government establishment of religion.

The second case involves stone monuments outside the four high schools in the 5,000-student Adams County/Ohio Valley school district in Ohio. A federal appeals court held that the displays are likely unconstitutional, and that school officials must comply with a federal district court's order to remove the monuments...