Comments on: PRYOR VS. MOORE II http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pryor_vs_moore_ii/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: LittleA http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pryor_vs_moore_ii/comment-page-1/#comment-4705 LittleA Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2946#comment-4705 I have never understood why it is legal to display the 10 commandments in the US Supreme Court building but not in a state court building. It seems to me if the SCOTUS has no problem seeing them in their building, it should pretty much be a no brainer downstream. Maybe if they splattered some elephant dung on the monument they could keep it as a piece of art? I have never understood why it is legal to display the 10 commandments in the US Supreme Court building but not in a state court building.

It seems to me if the SCOTUS has no problem seeing them in their building, it should pretty much be a no brainer downstream.

Maybe if they splattered some elephant dung on the monument they could keep it as a piece of art?

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/pryor_vs_moore_ii/comment-page-1/#comment-4706 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2946#comment-4706 The Court has played the odd "St. Nick, Too" game. The 10 Commandments by themselves = bad, but if you also throw up the Code of Hammurabi and a couple of other historical docs, then it's an acceptable historical display. --- The Court has played the odd "St. Nick, Too" game. The 10 Commandments by themselves = bad, but if you also throw up the Code of Hammurabi and a couple of other historical docs, then it's an acceptable historical display.

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