Cert. Petition Filed In Bald Knob Cross Challenge

A petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court (full text) was filed on Sept. 4 in Sherman v. State of Illinois. In the case, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that activist and atheist Robert Sherman lacked taxpayer standing to challenge a $20,000 grant by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to Friends of the Cross for restoration of the Bald Knob Cross, an Illinois tourist attraction. Nor can he force Friends of the Cross to return the funds to the state. (See prior posting.) AP reported on the filing. [Thanks to Alliance Alert for the lead.]