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From on high.
IN a famous scene in Mel Brooks's History of the World: Part I, Brooks plays Moses coming down from Mount Sinai. He declares, "I bring you these 15"--and then, mid-sentence, he drops one tablet, breaking it--"Ten! I bring you these Ten Commandments."
Perhaps there is wisdom here.
Last month the Supreme Court burped up one of its classic hairball rulings. There were two rulings actually--and ten opinions between them. In one ruling the Decalogue is fit for posting on state property; in the other it's verboten. It's okay outside, no good inside. There are other tests, rules, and criteria, of course. You've got to fertilize the surrounding soil with "secular" and/or "educational" bric-a brac. And in a Hayekian touch for which I actually have some sympathy, the display becomes less offensive if it's been sitting around for a long time--like the depictions hanging around the actual Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
Again, while I have sympathy for the idea that old things deserve more respect than new, the Court's "position" is another example of the justices' taking Yogi Berra's advice about how when you come to a fork in the road you should take it. The upshot: State institutions can recognize that America was a religious country; they just ...
- ACLJ Asks Supreme Court to Hear Ten Commandments Case From Indiana.
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 9, 2001 700+ words
...courts below - the Supreme Court often steps in...case with the Ten Commandments." If the Supreme Court hears the case...constitutionality of Ten Commandment displays. "These...display of the Ten Commandments does not violate...
- The Commandment Mystery; The court ruled on a settled sacred text. Or did it?...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Sloan, Allan July 11, 2005 700+ words
...display a Ten Commandments monolith on its...t contain 10 commandments. It has 11...thy God" as a commandment, which Jews...don't, the Supreme Court has approved a Twelve Commandments monolith, rather...
- Supreme Court Hears Cases on Ten Commandments.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 2, 2005 700+ words
...earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments...displays of the Ten Commandments on public property...of course, the Ten Commandments are displayed on numerous...s because the Ten Commandments are a foundational...because of that, the Supreme Court should not order ...
- ACLJ Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutionality of Ten Commandments in...
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 8, 2004 700+ words
...importance of the Ten Commandments to our legal system...including the Supreme Court. We are hopeful...including the Supreme Court - have recognized...foundational role of the Commandments in the development...In fact, the Supreme Court building has three...and/or the ...
- ACLJ Pleased That Supreme Court Takes Ten Commandments Cases -- High Court Has...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 12, 2004 700+ words
...which has one Commandments case now...before the Supreme Court. "After...several other Commandments cases now...before the Supreme Court - including...case. The Supreme Court last considered a Ten Commandments case in 1980...
- ACLJ Asks Supreme Court to Take Ohio Ten Commandments Case.
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 12, 2004 700+ words
...asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take a case...display of the Ten Commandments and overturn a...display of the Ten Commandments in the Third...as the Colorado Supreme Court. A conflict in...results in the Supreme Court taking a case...display of the Ten ...
- Christian Coalition Pleased that Supreme Court will Decide on Constitutionality...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 12, 2004 700+ words
...removal of the 10 Commandments in the public...the cases the Supreme Court will take up is whether a 10 Commandments monument on...remember that the Supreme Court chambers include...holding the Ten Commandments. The Christian...
- Supreme Court to tackle public displays of Ten Commandments.(The Dallas Morning...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Pusey, Allen October 13, 2004 700+ words
...WASHINGTON _ The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide...replica of the Ten Commandments placed near the Texas...involving the Ten Commandments. Earlier this year...Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, who was removed...rock bearing the Ten Commandments from a ...
- Supreme Court to tackle public displays of Ten Commandments.
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News October 12, 2004 700+ words
...WASHINGTON _ The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide...replica of the Ten Commandments placed near the Texas...involving the Ten Commandments. Earlier this year...Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, who was removed...rock bearing the Ten Commandments from a ...
- Supreme Court hears arguments on Ten Commandments displays.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) March 2, 2005 700+ words
...WASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court on Wednesday challenged...display of the Ten Commandments in courthouses...posting of the Ten Commandments in schools, for...Moses and the Ten Commandments in the Supreme Court building itself...
Source: HighBeam Research, From on high.