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Ten Commandments Cases

  • McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union (2005)

McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union (2005) held 5-4 that Ten
Commandment displays in Kentucky county courthouses violated the First
Amendment’s establishment clause.

  • Pleasant Grove v. Summum (2009)

Pleasant Grove v. Summum (2009) determined a city could refuse to place a
monument in a public park because it was a form of government speech immune
from First Amendment review.

  • Stone v. Graham (1980)

Stone v. Graham (1980) said a law requiring the posting of the Ten
Commandments in every school classroom violated the establishment clause of
the First Amendment.

  • Van Orden v. Perry (2005)

Van Orden v. Perry (2005) ruled that a monument depicting the Ten
Commandments in public park did not violate the establishment clause of the
First Amendment.

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