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A court ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to remove the cross in 2002 based on its view that the cross violates the Establishment Clause.  ''Buono v. Norton'', 212 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (C.D. Cal. 2002) (“Buono I”).  In response Congress passed a law barring the use of federal funds “to dismantle national memorials commemorating United States participation in World War I.”  The NPS, lacking funding for removal of this cross, covered it with a plywood box as the litigation continued.

A court ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to remove the cross in 2002 based on its view that the cross violates the Establishment Clause.  ''Buono v. Norton'', 212 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (C.D. Cal. 2002) (“Buono I”).  In response Congress passed a law barring the use of federal funds “to dismantle national memorials commemorating United States participation in World War I.”  The NPS, lacking funding for removal of this cross, covered it with a plywood box as the litigation continued.

The case went up on appeal to the [[Ninth Circuit]].  Congress, perhaps not liking what it heard from the [[Ninth Circuit]] in oral argument of the case, passed a law one month afterwards ordering the transfer of the tiny spot on which the cross rested to the Veterans Home of California — Barstow, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #385E.  In return, five acres of private property were being conveyed to the United States by a charitable couple.  If the VFW Post ever stopped displaying the cross, then the spot on which it rests would revert back to the United States.

The case went up on appeal to the [[Ninth Circuit]].  Congress, perhaps not liking what it heard from the [[Ninth Circuit]] in oral argument of the case, passed a law one month afterwards ordering the transfer of the tiny spot on which the cross rested to the Veterans Home of California — Barstow, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #385E.  In return, five acres of private property were being conveyed to the United States by a charitable couple.  If the VFW Post ever stopped displaying the cross, then the spot on which it rests would revert to the United States.

   

   

A new lawsuit was then brought by the ACLU to block this transfer to the VFW.  The ACLU often collects hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorneys’ fees – or even millions of dollars – in awards from judicial supremacists who rule in their favor.

A new lawsuit was then brought by the ACLU to block this transfer to the VFW.  The ACLU often collects hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorneys’ fees – or even millions of dollars – in awards from judicial supremacists who rule in their favor.