With the holidays upon, I’m taking today’s post to review the law on the display of Christmas or other holiday decorations by the government. In Boise, we have an enormous Christmas tree sitting in front of the capitol building, for example. Does that violate the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution? What if, instead of a Christmas tree, the government wanted to display a menorah, a giant statute of Buddha, or a statute of Lord Shiva (a major Hindu deity)? The ...
