WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued two unanimous rulings on Wednesday, solidifying recent trends in both First Amendment and antitrust law.
In Pleasant Grove City v. Summum , the court ruled that placement of a memorial on public land is a form of government speech, not the kind of private speech in a public forum that invites First Amendment scrutiny. As a result, the court found that a city that once allowed placement of a Ten Commandments memorial on public park land can say no to a similar monument proposed by another religious group — in this case a memorial displaying the “Seven Aphorisms” of Summum, a small religious sect.
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