The intermediate U.S. appeals court that reviews federal cases from Maryland and four nearby states batted .500 at the Supreme Court this past term. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals most notably struck out when the justices overturned its ...

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A 40-foot cross erected as a war memorial on public land in Bladensburg does not violate the constitutional separation of church and state and can remain standing, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The cross, though associated with Christianity, serves ...

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WASHINGTON – Attorneys defending a 40-foot cross erected as a war memorial on public land in Bladensburg told a seemingly divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that the monolith does not violate the constitutional separation of church and state, as ...

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American Legion urges Supreme Court to overturn a decision that a war-memorial cross in Bladensburg violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

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The president of Maryland’s Senate and seven colleagues are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a lower court’s 'utterly unrecognizable' decision.

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