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Questions:
Read the following description of a hypothetical case
and answer the questions. (200 Words; 40 points)
A 15-foot tall cross stands in Towson, Maryland. It was first
erected in 1921 to honor more than two hundred World
War I veterans. It was widely described using Christian
terms and celebrated in Christian services. In 1990s, the
Baltimore County Monument Commission acquired the
cross and the land, as well as the responsibility to maintain,
repair, and otherwise care for the cross. The Commission
has spent approximately $50,000 to maintain and repair
the cross thus far, and in 2020, it set aside an additional
$20,000 for renovations.
A number of non-Christian residents of Baltimore County
expressed offense at the cross, which allegedly amounts to
governmental affiliation with a particular religion. Maryland
Association for Atheism and the Mid-Atlantic Society for
Secular Education are nonprofit organizations advocating
for separation of church and state. Together, MAA and
MASSE as well as the individual residents in Towson
brought a lawsuit against the Commission, alleging that the
Commission’s display and maintenance of the cross violates
the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Applying
the Walz test, the District Court found that the Commission
did not violate the Establishment Clause. The U. S. Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded. The
Commission appealed to the Supreme Court.
Which section of the Establishment Clause is the one
at issue? Suppose you are a Supreme Court Justice.
Which criteria/tests/precedents would you like to use
primarily? Make the best set of arguments either for or
against the MAA and MASSE by using those selected
criteria/tests/precedents.
Comment on the following statement. Refute any
wrong piece of information and/or unconvincing argument.
(100 words; 20 points)
“Over the past thirty-five years, every new Supreme Court
Justice appointment has consistently been the subject of
contentious debate. Part of reason was that we frequently
had a situation in which a retiring Justice was replaced by a
new Justice appointed by President of an opposing party.
(E.g. a Justice appointed by a Democratic President was to
be replaced by a Justice appointed by a Republican
President, and vice versa) Only this type of replacement
was important enough to make a difference in the Court’s
jurisprudence. The rest didn’t change anything.”
Discuss how the Court has applied (or refused to
apply) the standard of “neutral law of general applicability”
in cases that concern the free exercise of religion. How is
that standard different from “strict scrutiny” (compelling
government interest & least restrictive means)? When
answering, please consider at least two cases (100 words;
20 points).
Provide one or two-sentence definition (25 words) of
each of the following institution/doctrine/process. (5 points
* 4 = 20 points)
Appellate Courts The
Incorporation Doctrine Constitutional Amendment
Process Judicial Review
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