The Supreme Court announced Nov. 2 that it would hear oral arguments this term to consider if a 40-foot cross in Maryland endorses religion or is simply a secular memorial.
High court to consider if 40-foot-cross war memorial endorses religion
Cross honoring soldiers who died in World War I deemed unconstitutional
On Oct. 18, a federal appeals court ruled a 40-foot-tall cross memorializing soldiers who died in World War I that sits at a busy intersection in the Washington suburb of Bladensburg, Maryland, is unconstitutional.