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Supreme Court Makes Mojave Cross Ruling
The Mojave Cross case, involving a cross put up as a veterans memorial in the Mojave desert, has been decided by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court narrowly ruled 5 - 4 in favor of the cross staying, overruling lower court decisions which had deemed that the cross should go. The case is over ten years old. Many installment loans worth has been put into this case.
Mojave Cross case wins by narrow majority
The Mojave Cross case is the opening First Amendment case of the Roberts Court. Justice Anthony Kennedy, according to Fox News , often the swing vote, authored the opinion. The consensus was that the cross was deemed worthy to stay, as any veterans memorial being removed on grounds of the memorial being a cross would be a grave injustice to those who gave their lives in service. Justice Ailito added "is likely to have been seen by more rattlesnakes than humans." The location is in a national park over a million acres in size, and remote. You'd have to get short term loans just to afford the gas money.
Suit ten years old
The original suit was brought more than 10 years ago by a retired Park Services employee, Frank Buono. Buono, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, originally brought suit after a request for a Buddhist shrine alongside the cross was denied. Furthermore, according to the Houston Chronicle , Jewish and Muslim veterans objected to the cross as a purely Christian symbol, thereby diminishing their contributions and sacrifices.
The only veteran on the Supreme Court weighs in
John Paul Stevens dissented with the opinion, but agreed with keeping the memorial and is the only veteran on the Court. He asserted the cross is "dramatically inadequate and inappropriate tribute" to the sacrifice of veterans, regardless of their faith.
An attempt was made to fix things
The cross was ordered by Federal courts to be removed in the wake of the original suit. Congress, in 2003, ordered the land transferred to private ownership, but federal courts enjoined the action. October of 2009 was when the Supreme Court stepped in. The Mojave Cross will stay, but the land transfer is still pending.
Article Resources
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/28/high-court-supports-mojave-cross-calif/
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6980141.html
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