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Briefs filed in
McCreary County v. ACLU
of Kentucky

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0Briefs of the Parties: (Petitioners - McCreary County and Pulaski County, represented by Liberty Counsel attorneys; Respondent - ACLU of Kentucky)

0Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioners McCreary and Pulaski Counties:
  • Brief of the States of Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming
  • Brief and Appendix of The American Center for Law and Justice
  • Brief of the American Legion
  • Brief of American Liberties Institute, Christians Reviving America's Values, and Don Swarthout
  • Brief of the Ashbrook Center and Ohio Sen. Bill Harris
  • Brief of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
  • Brief of Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Joyce Meyer Ministries, Committee to Protect the Family Foundation, Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, American Heritage Party, Public Advocate of the United States, Radio Liberty, and
    Spiritual Counterfeits Project, Inc.
  • Brief of Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund
  • Brief of Family Research Council and Focus on the Family
  • Brief of Foundation for Moral Law
  • Brief of Judicial Watch
  • Brief of the States of Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin
  • Brief of the Pacific Justice Institute
  • Brief of Rutherford Institute
  • Brief of Thomas More Law Center
  • Brief of the United States
  • Brief of Wallbuilders

0Amicus Briefs in Support of Respondent ACLU of Kentucky:

  • Brief of the Anti-Defamation League and Philip A. Cunningham of Center for Christian-Jewish
    Learning at Boston College
  • Brief of American Atheists
  • Brief of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, People for the American Way Foundation and National Council of Jewish Women
  • Brief of Atheist Law Center
  • Brief of Baptist Joint Committee, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation
  • Brief of Freedom From Religion Foundation
  • Brief of Legal Historians and Law Scholars

0Briefs of the Parties: filed in Van Orden v. Perry (the Texas Ten Commandments monument case):

  • Response of Texas to Petition for Certiorari
  • Brief of Petitioner - Van Orden (opposing the Ten Commandments)
  • Brief of Respondent - Texas (in favor of the Ten Commandments)
  • Reply Brief of Petitioner - Van Orden
  • Supreme Court Docket
  • Question Presented: Whether a monument bearing the Ten Commandments, which has stood for over forty years and is surrounded by sixteen other monuments on the Texas Capitol Grounds, constitutes an impermissible establishment of religion in violation of the First Amendment.
  • Transcript of March 2, 2005, Oral Argument

0Amicus Briefs in Van Orden:

In Support of Petitioner Van Orden:
  • Brief of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, People for the American Way Foundation and National Council of Jewish Women
  • Brief of Baptist Joint Committee and Interfaith Alliance Foundation
  • Brief of Hindu American Foundation

    In Support of Respondent Perry (Texas):

  • Brief of American Center for Law and Justice
  • Brief of American Family Association Center for Law and Policy
  • Brief of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
  • Brief of The Claremont Institute
    Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
  • Brief of Family Research Council and Focus on the Family
  • Brief of Fraternal Order of Eagles
  • Brief of Indiana, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming
  • Brief of Indiana, Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, North Dakota, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia
  • Brief of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs
  • Brief of Rutherford Institute
  • Brief of United States
  • Brief of Wallbuilders

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