Interesting Establishment Clause Opinion

[speters at mtu.edu]

>It is certainly a pleasure to read, though my bet is that this one si
from  the judge having some fun for a change.  Its too fun, even for a
punch-drunk clerk.

Does anyone have a thought on the courts analysis? I am seeing it as a
case where in the rather charged aftermath of the Roy Moore debacle,  the
city gave its religious community (the member who announced at the meeting
that he had been charged by god) utterly free rein to design and dedicate
and finance any kind of 10 commandments monument it wanted to place on the
courthouse lawn.  Apparently they gave the go ahead for a 10 C monument
without seeing any plans, planned text size or scale for it. Does this
really  insulate them from liability here so long as there are other
secular monuments around (the two war monuments, and the high school
bench?

  One of the most literate and engaging establishment clause opinions I have
> seen in a while is yesterday's opinion in an Oklahoma 10 commandments case
> by Judge Ronald A. White. I have some excerpts and a link to the full
> opinioin on Religion Clause,
> http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2006/08/particularly-literate-and-engaging.html
>
> -- Howard Friedman
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