Nine Justices v. Baby Jesus.
09/29/24 • 15 min
When Christmas decorations go too far, what’s a city to do? In 1984, a nativity scene in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, set the stage for an all-out courtroom drama. Enter Lynch v. Donnelly, where one man’s fight to remove baby Jesus from government property snowballed into a Supreme Court showdown. Was it the war on Christmas or just the constitution doing its job? Tune in as we unpack the legal back-and-forth with a little holiday cheer - and a whole lot of gavel-smashing. Spoiler alert: even the wise men couldn’t save this one.
Interested in reading Lynch v. Donnelly: use this link
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/465/668/
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When Christmas decorations go too far, what’s a city to do? In 1984, a nativity scene in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, set the stage for an all-out courtroom drama. Enter Lynch v. Donnelly, where one man’s fight to remove baby Jesus from government property snowballed into a Supreme Court showdown. Was it the war on Christmas or just the constitution doing its job? Tune in as we unpack the legal back-and-forth with a little holiday cheer - and a whole lot of gavel-smashing. Spoiler alert: even the wise men couldn’t save this one.
Interested in reading Lynch v. Donnelly: use this link
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/465/668/
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