United States establishment clausemonuments

American Legion v. American Humanist Association

588 U.S. 29 (2019)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year2019

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Doctrinal subject: the separation of church and state related to maintaining the Peace Cross , a World War I memorial shaped after a Latin cross , on government-owned land, though…

Area of Law

Constitutional / Public Law

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