Based on Current Understandings of the First Amendment, Which of the Following

question 61

Multiple Choice

Based on current understandings of the First Amendment, which of the following displays would the Supreme Court most likely consider unconstitutional?

• A) an etching of the Ten Commandments beside etchings of Hammurabi's Code and the Magna Carta in a courthouse
• B) a statue of Jesus placed beside statues of Socrates, Confucius, and Abraham Lincoln in a public park
• C) a government-sponsored Easter display in a private park that showed Jesus rising from the grave, the Easter Bunny distributing gifts, and banners announcing local sales
• D) a painting of Jesus being crucified adorned by a banner reading "He died for your sins" hung in the lobby of a state capitol
• E) a monument to the Ten Commandments included in a display that also honored Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and Henry David Thoreau

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