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
Rob Natelson
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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: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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