Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005), is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court held that displaying a monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Texas State Capital does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Supreme Court opined that Establishment Clause does not bar any and all governmental preference for religion over irreligion and that having religious content or promoting a message consistent with a religious doctrine does not run afoul of the Establishment Clause.
[Last updated in March of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]