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  • The Ten Commandments Reach the Supreme Court

    02/26/2005 11:27:46 PM PST · by Former Military Chick · 11 replies · 986+ views
    The New York Times ^ | February 27, 2005 | LINDA GREENHOUSE
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 - One federal court upheld them as a symbol of the country's devotion to its legal heritage. Another federal court ordered them removed as an illicit message of religious endorsement. Fifteen months ago, Alabama's chief justice lost his job over them, and the two-ton granite monument that once sat in the rotunda of the state courthouse is now the star of a national tour. The profile of the Ten Commandments, it seems, has rarely been higher, or their ability to attract lawsuits greater. Now, as with all great controversies in American life, this one has finally reached...