Van Orden v. Perry

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Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Establishment Clause case ⓘ
First Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw United States constitutional law ⓘ
law and religion in the United States ⓘ
challengedUnder Establishment Clause ⓘ
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
citation 125 S. Ct. 2854 ⓘ
162 L. Ed. 2d 607 ⓘ
545 U.S. 677 ⓘ
concurringOpinionBy Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment Establishment Clause ⓘ
contrastWith McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2005-06-27 ⓘ
decisionType fragmented decision ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
docketNumber 03-1500 ⓘ
holding Passive monuments with religious content on government property can be constitutional depending on context and history ⓘ
The Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds does not violate the Establishment Clause ⓘ
joinedByInPlurality Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
legalIssue Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ⓘ
constitutionality of religious displays on government property ⓘ
lowerCourtDisposition affirmed ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
monumentLocation grounds of the Texas State Capitol ⓘ
monumentState Texas ⓘ
monumentSubject Ten Commandments ⓘ
originatingCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
petitioner Thomas Van Orden ⓘ
pluralityOpinionBy William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
relatedCase McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky ⓘ
respondent Rick Perry ⓘ
respondentOffice Governor of Texas ⓘ
resultForMonument monument upheld ⓘ
stateParty Texas ⓘ
subjectMatter church-state separation ⓘ
religious symbols in public spaces ⓘ
term 2004 term ⓘ
testApplied contextual analysis rather than strict Lemon test ⓘ
vote 5-4 ⓘ

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Establishment Clause → keyCase → Van Orden v. Perry ⓘ
Lynch v. Donnelly → relatedCase → Van Orden v. Perry ⓘ
Thomas Van Orden → partyIn → Van Orden v. Perry ⓘ