The Chicago Tribune reports on arguments yesterday in the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Winkler v. Rumsfeld, a case brought by the ACLU challenging government funding of the Boy Scouts annual jamboree. (See prior posting.) The trial court had held that the funding violates the First Amendment because the funding favors religion. The Boy Scouts oath require members to affirm a "duty to God". The government argued yesterday that: "Any group can approach the military ... and request similar aid to what the Boy Scouts are getting. The plaintiffs haven't shown, on the record, that anybody has ever requested it and been denied." Background on the case is reported by the AP and the Washington Post. The ACLU's brief in the appeal and recordings of yesterday's oral arguments are available online.
UPDATE: Here is a link to all the briefs in the case. [Thanks to How Appealing.]
