Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to DC Metro ban on religious ads
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(Worthy News) – The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up the Catholic church’s challenge to the Washington, D.C., transit authority’s policy banning religious ads, allowing the policy to remain in place.
The Archdiocese of Washington had sued the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) after the agency refused to run one of its Christmas ads, alleging that the policy violates the First Amendment.
The case appeared to be an attractive one for the court’s conservative wing, but with Justice Brett Kavanaugh recusing himself from consideration of the case because he was involved as an appeals court judge, the faction lacked the necessary four votes to grant the Archdiocese’s petition. [ Source: The Hill (Read More…) ]
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