EKB News

Eugene Phillips Jr. of McKee and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a lawsuit against Jackson County and Judge Executive William Smith. Phillips and the ACLU are seeking to have several displays of the Ten Commandments removed from the walls inside the courthouse. They say the postings are unconstitutional, while compromising First Amendment rights. Smith says the majority of the people want them to remain where they are, and he will do his best to do what voters elected him to do, which is carry out their will.