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Van Orden v. Perry: Government Involvement in Religious Practices
Frank Ramos
Liberty High School
AP Government 3AB
Van Orden v. Perry was a U.S. Supreme Court case held in 2005, about a Texas resident that argued that the capital of Texas was violating the Establishment Clause by having the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capital building (Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015). The Establishment Clause is found in the first amendment and states that no law shall be passed ?respecting an establishment of religion? (Cornell University Law School , 2015). This case deals with deciding if the first amendment was being violated by the state of Texas. Is the establishment clause, found in the first amendment, being violated if the Ten Commandments are on the property of a state capitol building?
Thomas Van Orden a resident of Austin, Texas sued Rick Perry the governor of Texas when he came across the Ten …show more content…
Perry was an interesting case questioning whether Texas was violating the Establishment Clause when a Texas resident claimed that having the Ten Commandments on the Texas state capital building was unconstitutional. The controversial case lasted from 1994 until 2005 and was finally decided that Texas had not been violating any laws, and therefore Texas could keep the Ten Commandments on their state capitol grounds (Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015).
References
Case Briefs. (2015). Van Orden v. Perry . Retrieved from Case Briefs .
Chicago-Kent College of Law. (2015). Van Orden v. Perry. Retrieved from Oyez: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/03-1500
Cornell University Law School. (2015a). Van Orden v. Perry. Retrieved from Legal Information Institute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-1500.ZS.html
Cornell University Law School. (2015b). Establishment Cluase . Retrieved from Legal Information Institute:
Van Orden v. Perry: Government Involvement in Religious Practices
Frank Ramos
Liberty High School
AP Government 3AB
Van Orden v. Perry was a U.S. Supreme Court case held in 2005, about a Texas resident that argued that the capital of Texas was violating the Establishment Clause by having the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capital building (Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015). The Establishment Clause is found in the first amendment and states that no law shall be passed ?respecting an establishment of religion? (Cornell University Law School , 2015). This case deals with deciding if the first amendment was being violated by the state of Texas. Is the establishment clause, found in the first amendment, being violated if the Ten Commandments are on the property of a state capitol building?
Thomas Van Orden a resident of Austin, Texas sued Rick Perry the governor of Texas when he came across the Ten …show more content…
Perry was an interesting case questioning whether Texas was violating the Establishment Clause when a Texas resident claimed that having the Ten Commandments on the Texas state capital building was unconstitutional. The controversial case lasted from 1994 until 2005 and was finally decided that Texas had not been violating any laws, and therefore Texas could keep the Ten Commandments on their state capitol grounds (Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015).
References
Case Briefs. (2015). Van Orden v. Perry . Retrieved from Case Briefs .
Chicago-Kent College of Law. (2015). Van Orden v. Perry. Retrieved from Oyez: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/03-1500
Cornell University Law School. (2015a). Van Orden v. Perry. Retrieved from Legal Information Institute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-1500.ZS.html
Cornell University Law School. (2015b). Establishment Cluase . Retrieved from Legal Information Institute: