Double Jeopardy for the First Amendment? Congress Mulls Scheme to Save Mt. Soledad Cross, Punish Fir

“What began earlier this month in the U.S. House of Representatives as a political stunt to cater to the religious right has spread to the other end of Capitol Hill, with serious consequences for the First Amendment.” Lawmakers scheme to keep an unconstitutional religious monument on public land, and discourage legal suits to defend the separation of church and state.