April 28th, 2010
10:18 AM ET

Court: Cross doesn't violate separation of church and state

The Supreme Court has ruled a white cross, erected as a war memorial and placed on national parkland in the California desert, does not violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

The 5-4 majority concluded Congress acted properly when it tried to transfer land around the Mojave Memorial Cross to veterans groups, an effort to eliminate any Establishment Clause violation. A federal appeals panel had blocked that property swap.

At issue before the justices was whether the display fundamentally violates the first ten words of the Bill of Rights: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."

- CNN Bill Mears contributed to  this report

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