Yes, that's right. The issue is back and this time there is even more color to the story. A homeless lawyer is taking the appearance of the Ten Commandments on public property to the Supreme Court. It is now an amalgamation of a number of cases brought in state courts regarding the appearance of the Decalogue - generally regarded as the seed from which all Western Law has sprung - on publickly owned or funded lands. The supporters of the Big Ten say the appearance is a recognition of American Law's religious history. Opponents of them say it is a violation of the separation of church and state, and especially the clause forbidding the state establishment of a religion.
Then again, there are some signs that the case may become more about the lawyer arguing it than the merits of the case. Yahoo News! for example notes, "He generally refuses to discuss his background or why his law license was suspended several times for issues ranging from taking money for work he didn't perform to failure to pay fines. He is around 60 years old but won't give his age. He told The Washington Post that depression cost him his practice and his family. In 1995, the State Bar ordered that a psychiatrist or psychologist certify whether he was mentally capable of practicing law. Although his license remains suspended, Van Orden still has the taste and sharp mind for practicing law. In 2002, he personally argued his Commandments case before a federal judge, and he did it again before an appeals court in New Orleans."
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