ACLJ Files Opening Brief in Supreme Court “Monumental” First Amendment Case; At Issue: Protecting Nation’s Heritage Displayed in America’s Cities
ACLJ has issued this report that begins:
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today filed in the Supreme Court of the United States the ACLJ’s opening brief, containing its written legal arguments, on behalf of a Utah city, in a case that could affect local governments across the country. The ACLJ has brought to the Supreme Court an appeal from a decision that would have forced cities either to dismantle a host of monuments, memorials, and other displays, including long-standing patriotic and historical displays, or else let all comers install privately owned monuments or displays, regardless of content . . .