In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark First Amendment ruling clearing the way for local governments to place monuments of their choosing in public places. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) had asked the high court to overturn a decision by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that ordered Pleasant Grove City, Utah, to display a monument from a self-described church called Summum because the city displays the Ten Commandments in a public park. The Supreme Court concluded the city has the right to speak for itself. “The Free Speech Clause restricts government regulation of private speech; it does not regulate government speech. . . . A government entity has the right to ‘speak for itself.’”
