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In this courtroom sketch, Matthew Staver, President and General Counsel of the Liberty Legal Counsel, presents an oral argument in McCreary County v. ACLU, the Kentucky Ten Commandments case, March 2, 2005, at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The case was one of two heard by the Supreme Court in March involving Ten Commandments displays, in a courtroom boasting a wall carving of Moses holding the sacred tablets. The justices left themselves legal wiggle room, saying that some displays inside courthouses - like their own courtroom frieze - would be permissible if they're portrayed neutrally in order to honor the nation's legal history.
Author: CBS News Staff
Credit: AP
