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THOMAS VAN ORDEN, PETITIONER v. RICK
PERRY,
in his official capacity as GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
and
CHAIRMAN, STATE PRESERVATION
BOARD, et al.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
[June 27, 2005]
Justice Scalia, concurring.
I join the opinion of The Chief Justice because I think it accurately reflects our current Establishment Clause jurisprudence–or at least the Establishment Clause jurisprudence we currently apply some of the time. I would prefer to reach the same result by adopting an Establishment Clause jurisprudence that is in accord with our Nation’s past and present practices, and that can be consistently applied–the central relevant feature of which is that there is nothing unconstitutional in a State’s favoring religion generally, honoring God through public prayer and acknowledgment, or, in a nonproselytizing manner, venerating the Ten Commandments. See McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky., post, at 1—11 (Scalia, J., dissenting).