Lawyer: City may appeal ruling on Ten Commandments monument
A federal appeals court has ruled that Bloomfield’s Ten Commandments monument violates the U.S. Constitution, but a lawyer for the northwestern New Mexico city says it may appeal the ruling.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision Wednesday said Bloomfield’s monument violates a First Amendment prohibition against endorsing religion partly because of the apparent motivation in allowing installation of the monument on a lawn in front of city hall.
Attorney Jonathan Scruggs of the Alliance Defending Freedom, an advocacy group defending the city in the case, said Bloomfield may appeal the 10th U.S.