Heather L. Weaver is a senior staff attorney for the Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief at the American Civil Liberties Union. A 40-foot-tall Latin cross made of marble and cement stands on ...

Living relatives, government officials and Operation Benjamin members gather for a rededication ceremony for five Jewish-American service members killed in action in World War II and buried under ...

A federal appeals court ruled Feb. 19, 2020, that this World War II-era cross can remain standing in Pensacola, Fla. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the 34- foot Latin cross does not ...

At issue in the case itself is a 40-foot concrete Latin cross that stands in the traffic island of a Maryland highway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Community leaders in Bladensburg, ...

Is the ACLU against religion in the public square? Absolutely not. Churches, religious institutions, individuals, and families all have the constitutionally protected right to express their religious ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will be on trial itself next week when it weighs the fate of a 40-foot Latin cross honoring World War I dead that reignited the nation's never-ending battle between ...

A peace cross honoring soldiers who died in WWI doesn't violate the Constitution, the Supreme Court ruled. The cross, which stands on public land, will remain put. A Latin cross honoring soldiers who ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments today in an American Civil Liberties Union case addressing whether Congress' transfer to private owners of a small parcel of land with a Latin cross on ...