The overload of media in the modern age has made it difficult to distinguish between the significant and the merely sensational. Sometimes, especially in this morally confused age, a story turns out to be both significant and sensational. That happen ...
Does the simple existence of a large, concrete cross on public land that honors veterans from World War I violate the United States Constitution? The Supreme Court took up that question during the oral arguments of The American Legion v. American Hum ...
BLADENSBURG, MARYLAND - FEBRUARY 28: A 40-foot cross that honors 49 fallen World War I soldiers from Prince George’s County stands at the busy intersection of Bladensberg and Annapolis roads and Baltimore Avenue February 28, 2019 in Bladensburg, Maryland. The cross is at the heart of a Supreme Court case argued by justices Wednesday about whether the symbol runs afoul of the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion by sending a message of favoritism to Christianity. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)