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Posted on Jun 11, 2013 By Becker Law Firm
Today, The Becker Law Firm filed its Opening Brief in an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to restore the decades-old tradition of exhibiting Nativity scenes in the ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
Gary Trudeau decided to use his Doonesbury comic strip to mock Christians over the Christmas holiday by summarizing the leftist and atheist position against the display of Nativity scenes on public ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
A senior fellow for the American Civil Rights Union and a columnist for The Washington Times quotes me today in his opinion piece appearing in that newspaper. You can read it here.
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Posted on Nov 30, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
Matt Brown of the Deseret News wrote an excellent piece on the Nativity loss yesterday: After more than a half century, Santa Monica Nativity display at Palisades Park is no more. Click here to read ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
As we predicted, United States District Court Judge Audrey B. Collins has dismissed the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes case. Her order arrived moments ago. Additionally, Judge Collins has vacated the ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
On Monday (December 3, 2012), we will be back in U.S. District Court opposing the City of Santa Monica's Motion to Dismiss the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes lawsuit. A copy of our opposition to the ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins denied the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. It means that for the first time in 60 years, the Nativity ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
The press loves to beat up on intelligent design, so it is no surprise that Judge Hiroshige's tentative decision in David Coppedge's case favoring Jet Propulsion Laboratory is receving wide ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
At least one LA Times reader gets it: A federal judge ruled that a cross' presence on federal land conveyed an endorsement of religion. Left unsaid is just how such a feeling by some is equivalent ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
"All in all it's just another brick in the wall." – Pink Floyd * * * The topic refers, of course, to the "wall of separation between church and state" – not to the ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
A hearing on the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee's Motion for a Prelimiinary Injunction has been scheduled for November 19, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in U.S. District Court in downtown Los ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
The Becker Law Firm filed a federal action against the City of Santa Monica to restore the 60-year-old Nativity scene Christmas tradition to Palisades Park. You can read the news reports here in the ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
THE BECKER LAW FIRM FILES FREE SPEECH LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY OF SANTA MONICA TO RESTORE 60-YEAR-OLD CHRISTMAS NATIVITY SCENE TRADITION On Tuesday, October, 9, 2012, The Becker Law Firm filed a lawsuit ...
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