Maryland Peace Cross Can Stand, Supreme Court Says

A 93-year-old World War I memorial in the shape of a Latin cross won’t have to come down after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it didn’t run afoul of the Constitution.

A lower federal court previously ruled that the 40-foot cross—now situated on public land—must come down because it has the “primary effect of endorsing religion and excessively entangles the government in religion.”

By a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court reversed that ruling today in a pair of cases relating to the Maryland memorial.

The decision is the latest in a string of high court cases dealing with the ...