10 Commandments Across From Supreme Court OK'd

A Washington D.C. group that set up a large display of the Ten Commandments on its property across the street from the Supreme Court building apparently has been vindicated. Today's Washington Post reports that the D.C. Department of Transportation has rescinded an earlier warning to Faith and Action that it faced a $300 per day fine for failing to obtain proper permits to erect the 850-pound granite monument. (See prior posting.) The city's letter said: "In view of the First Amendment interests reflected in the installation of the Ten Commandments sculpture . . . and upon further consideration of applicable law," the city now believes that no permits are required.