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The Constitution and Establishment of Religion

The Constitution and Establishment of Religion
File photo of a clock and the motto 'In God We Trust' over the Speaker's rostrum in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber in Washington, DC. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
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Commentary
On June 20, 2019, the Supreme Court held that spending public funds to maintain a 40-foot Christian cross on public land doesn’t violate the U.S. Constitution.
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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