I'm Elizabeth Slattery and welcome to SCOTUS 101.

We break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government.

This week, I'm joined by my heritage colleague, Collie Stimson.

Collie, welcome to SCOTUS 101.

Thanks for having me.

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All right. Now, on to the show. The court issued eight opinions this week, so there are now 16

outstanding cases with just a few days left in the term.

And we're going to hit a few of the highlights from this week.

So first up was American Legion with the American Humanist Association.

This is the case challenging the constitutionality of a World War I Memorial Cross that's on public land in Bladenburg, Maryland. And this week, a fractured Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of this memorial,

with seven members of the court voting to uphold it, and only two members dissenting.

Justice Sam Alito wrote for the plurality with Ginsburg and Sotomayor dissenting.

And in fact, everyone except for Sotomayor and Chief Justice

Roberts wrote separate opinions, so there's a lot to unpack here. Writing for the plurality,

Alito found that though the cross is undoubtedly a Christian symbol, this particular memorial

cross doesn't violate the establishment clause because it has taken on a secular meaning of

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