Supreme Court Mulls Religion Test on 40-Foot Cross for WWI Dead
- Court may allow Maryland cross without issuing sweeping ruling
- 40-foot cross memorializes local men who died in World War I
This article is for subscribers only.
U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled to clarify the constitutional limits on government-sponsored displays of religious symbols as they heard a case over a 40-foot cross that serves as a World War I memorial in a Maryland intersection.
The session Wednesday suggested the court was heading toward a narrow decision. That could mean letting the almost century-old memorial stand without giving government officials broad leeway to erect new religious displays. The court will rule by June.