High Court of Libertas Omnium Maximus to hear Jones County v Maximusian Human Association

It is common practice, but not law, for counties and towns to honor their fallen soldiers by naming a building after them or erecting a monument in their name. This was done in early 2014 by Jones County to honor the lives of Private James Earl, Private Adrian Johnson, and Sergeant Peter Barnes. The trio all lost their lives during the disastrous Voe Bay conflict in the line of duty. All three were devout Catholics and, as such had a large cross erected on federal property in honor of them.

This act went uncontested until may of 2015 when the Maximusian Human Association, a left leaning lobbyist group, sued Jones County on the grounds that it violated the Maximusian Constitution. The Constitution states "In the name of the furtherment of both the individual rights of the populace and for maintaining the impartiality of the state, the church and state shall be left entirely independent of one another. Furthermore, the state shall not endorse or subsidize any religious group in any way."

Although this passage would indicate that the state cannot erect a Latin cross, as it would qualify as endorsing a religious group, the case proved to not be that simple. Jones county won in the appellate courts after loosing to the MHA in the state courts. Jones county argued that erecting the statue was not endorsing any group but was instead honoring individuals whose families agreed to the erecting of the monument.

Now the MHA has appealed the appellate ruling to the highest court in LOM, the High Court. They will hear the case on July 5th.