Excerpt
This term, the Supreme Court once again considers the constitutionality of a religious
monument on public property — only now, the interested party is a small Utah-based religious
group that wants a commemoration of its theological principals displayed in a city park alongside
a Ten Commandments sculpture.
In this instance, it is the nature of a public forum — the local park — that is in question,
rather than whether display of a religious sculpture constitutes a government endorsement. In
Pleasant Grove City, et al. v. Summum, the Supreme Court will have to grapple with whether a
public space i…
In This Issue
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Foreword
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Opinion of the Court
A City May Deny the Request of a Religious Group to Place a Monument in a City Park That Already Contains a Monument From a Different Religious Group
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Government Speech
The First Amendment in a Public Forum
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Lower Court Holding
Decision of the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
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Before the Court
The Justices Weigh in During Oral Arguments
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Pro & Con
Is a City Park a Public Forum for Speech Through the Display of Monuments?
