03-1693 McCREARY COUNTY, KY, ET AL. V. ACLU OF KY, ET AL.

Decision Below: 354 F.3d 438 (6th Cir. 2003)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

  1. Whether the Establishment Clause is violated by a privately donated display
    on government property that includes eleven equal size frames containing an
    explanation of the display along with nine historical documents and symbols
    that played a role in the development of American law and government
    where only one of the framed documents is the Ten Commandments and the
    remaining documents and symbols are secular.

  2. Whether a prior display by the government in a courthouse containing the
    Ten Commandments that was enjoined by a court permanently taints and
    thereby precludes any future display by the same government when the
    subsequent display articulates a secular purpose and where the Ten
    Commandments is a minority among numerous other secular historical
    documents and symbols.

  3. Whether the Lemon test should be overruled since the test is unworkable and
    has fostered excessive confusion in Establishment Clause jurisprudence.

  4. Whether a new test for Establishment Clause purposes should be set forth by
    this Court when the government displays or recognizes historical expressions
    of religion.

Cert. Granted 10/12/04