The county where I live doesn't know if it should listen to SCOTUS

[cynatnite]

BLOUNTVILLE - A local courthouse display of "historical documents" may itself be history soon, thanks to a ruling Monday from the nation's highest court.

Or maybe not.

Sullivan County officials, immersed in a budget discussion and vote most of the morning, hadn't had a lot of time to digest what the Supreme Court's Ten Commandments ruling does or does not mean for a plaque in the courthouse lobby.

It was installed a few years ago, paid for by private donations, and in addition to the Ten Commandments features the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights - thus the concept of a "historical documents" setting.

Talk of the Supreme Court ruling began to filter through the courthouse just as the County Commission adjourned near noon.

County Mayor Richard Venable said he will be working with County Attorney Dan Street and members of the Sullivan County Commission to see what options, if any, are available in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling.

http://www.timesnews.net/article.dna?_StoryID=3518240

[david_vincent]

1. Everyone should read John Duns Scotus

one of the most unjustly overlooked philosophers ever!