Federal government’s allowing Big Mountain Jesus statue on federal land in Montana doesn’t violate the Establishment Clause

The Volokh Conspiracy 2015-08-31

Summary:

A Ninth Circuit panel has just rejected a Freedom from Religion Foundation challenge to the Montana “Big Mountain Jesus” statue, which was apparently first placed on government land in 1954. Here’s most of the opinion, signed by Judges N.R. Smith and John Owens: [T]he government’s continued authorization of the [Big Mountain Jesus] statue on federal […]

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Cyberlaw » The Volokh Conspiracy

Tags:

religion and the law

Authors:

Eugene Volokh

Date tagged:

08/31/2015, 19:32

Date published:

08/31/2015, 17:10