Jay Wexler.
WASHINGTON — A public park in Utah that includes a monument to the Ten Commandments need not make room for a similar monument reflecting the beliefs of an unusual religion called Summum, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. — Feb. 27, 2009, New York Times
The decision in Summum was clearly right—the Ten Commandments monument is government speech, and therefore the government need not open up its park to any private speaker, like the Summum, who wants access—but it shows why the Court's earlier decision in Van Orden (upholding the Ten Commandments display on the Texas Capitol grounds) was wrong.
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