The AP has now made available the full transcript of the oral arguments of the McCreary case, the second of the two Ten Commandments cases heard by the Supreme Court yesterday. I haven't had time to read it yet, but thought some of my readers might like to do so.
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I haven't seen the actual rulings yet, but it appears that my prediction has come true - the Supreme Court has split on the two Ten Commandments cases, ruling against the Kentucky display in the McCreary case and upholding the Texas display in the Van Orden case.
Jon Rowe has another excellent post fisking the commonly heard argument that the Ten Commandments are the basis of the US legal system.
After reading the majority opinion in the McCreary case, involving the posting of the Ten Commandments in a county courthouse, I am convinced that the ruling is extremely good news for those of us who are active in fighting the attempts of creationists (in whatever form) to weaken science
While reading Jack Balkin's excellent analysis of Scalia's dissent in McCreary, I noticed something about Scalia's reasoning that I find disturbing.