The Courier-Journal had a feature piece on Louisville attorney David Friedman on Sunday, July 3, 2005. Friedman does pro bono work with the ACLU, and represented the litigants objecting to the posting of the Ten Commandments in McCreary and Pulaski Counties. See, McCreary County, Kentucky, et al v. ACLU.
This article can be found on-line at the Courier-Journal. Interestingly enough, the C-J had an article in the same day's edition where Chief Circuit Judge Linda Bramlage of Florence removed a copy of the Ten Commandments from the Gallatin County Court Room which had been posted there for nearly 25 years (which presumably would have avoided the intent problem in McCreary and satisfied the long-standing requirement in the Texas case of Van Orden involving monuments which had been posted for many years as well).
Just a thought....will the ACLU come to the defense of free speech for law bloggers such as Ben Cowgills LegalEthicsBlog???
[Update 8/16/2005] Found another article at the Courier regarding Friedman and the Ten Commandments case. Click here for "ACLU attorney recounts Commandments case - Supreme Court may rule in June."
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