Supreme Court Denial Puts War Memorial Cross in Jeopardy

Clyde Rights raises flag next to Mount Soledad Cross which is being transferred to federal government ownership

The Supreme Court’s denial today of a pair of cases, Mount Soledad Memorial Associate v. Trunk and United States v. Trunk, puts a nearly 60-year-old war memorial in jeopardy, but there is still hope. The legal battle surrounding this memorial to our nation’s veterans has raged for decades. At issue, the war memorial contains a cross. In 2006, Congress took the memorial by eminent domain from the city of San Diego because a court threatened to shut it down. At the time, Congress not... Continue Reading