Highlights of the Supreme Court's 2004-2005 Term
References for Van Orden v. Perry & McCreary County, KY v. ACLU (June 27, 2005)

Prior Opinions - Van Orden v. Perry

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed November 12, 2003

Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments - Van Orden v. Perry

• Brief for the Petitioner (PDF)
• Brief for the Respondent (PDF)
• Reply Brief for the Petitioner (PDF)
• Supreme Court Oral Argument (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Van Orden

• Freedom from Religion Foundation (PDF)
• The American Jewish Congress (PDF)
• Atheist Law Center (PDF)
• More (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Perry

• State of Arizona (PDF)
• Center for Law and Justice (PDF)
• American Family Association Center for Law & Policy (PDF)
• Foundation for Moral Law, Inc. (PDF)
• More (PDF)

Prior Opinions - McCreary County, KY v. ACLU

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Filed December 18, 2003

Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments - McCreary County, KY v. ACLU

• Brief for the Petitioner (PDF)
• Brief for the Respondent (PDF)
• Reply Brief for the Petitioner (PDF)
• Supplemental Brief for the Petitioner (PDF)
• Supreme Court Oral Argument (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Neither Party

• National School Boards Association (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of McCreary County, KY

• United States (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of ACLU

• Anti-Defamation League (PDF)
• American Humanist Association, et al (PDF)

Articles & Commentary

• Court Limits Display of Commandments, Joan Biskupic and toni Locy for USA Today (June 2005)
• Justices Split on Decalogue Displays, Jess Bravin for The Wall Street Journal (June 2005)
• Christian Groups Plan More Monuments, Alan Cooperman for The washington Post (June 2005)
• On the 10 Commandments, Jan Crawford for The Chicago Tribune (June 2005)
• Justices Allow a Commandments Display, Bar Others, Linda Greenhouse for The New York Times (June 2005)
• Court Split Over Commandments, Charles Lane for The Washington Post (June 2005)
• Ten Commandments Cases Generate Mixed Results Before Supreme Court, Tony Mauro for Legal Times (June 2005)
• Supreme Court Splits on Ten Commandments, Warren Richey for The Christian Science Monitor (June 2005)
• Justices 'Split Baby' in Ten Commandments Rulings, Nina Totenberg for NPR (June 2005)
• U.S. Supreme Court Says Some Ten Commandments Displays OK, Some Not, Hope Yen for The Associated Press (June 2005)
• High Court Allows Commandments Display on Capitol grounds, Tom Henry for Jurist Paperchase (June 2005)
• Supreme Court Rejects Commandments Displays in Courthouse, Bernard Hibbitts for Jurist Paperchase (June 2005)
• Duke Cert - Van Orden v. Perry
• Duke Cert - McCreary County, KY v. ACLU
• Medill School of Journalism - Van Orden v. Perry - Roben Kantor and Timothy R. Homan for "On the Docket"
• Medill School of Journalism - McCreary County, KY v. ACLU - Kelsey Kirkpatrick and Carmen Jones for "On the Docket"
• Scotus Blog - Law firm Goldstein Howe

Other References

• Supreme Court Docket - Van Orden v. Perry
• Supreme Court Docket - McCreary County, KY v. ACLU
• First Amendment Rights
• Constitutional Law