Why can't they make up their minds?

The Supreme Court's recent rulings on the 10 Commandments cases appears to muddle the path for future rulings on these public displays. They've declared it's unconstitutional for the Decalogue to be allowed in Kentucky courthouses, while allowing Texas to keep it's monument.

Kerby Anderson's commentary on the subject points out that Texas places their Ten Commandments amidst a 22-acre display of a number of other historical monuments, where as in Kentucky it is hung alongside the Bill of Rights, American flag and a Congressional declaration of 1983 as the "year of the Bible". At least in the past the Court made clear it's position against the Commandments.

In his dissenting opinion on the Texas ruling Justice Stevens wrote, “The monument is not a work of art and does not refer to any event in the history of the state.” Funny, considering that 12 of the 13 original colonies included the full text of the Commandments in their civil and criminal codes (David Barton) and that the American Bible Society was formed by an act of Congress (Ears to Hear).

Ironically, the Ten Commadments remain engraved in stone in the Supreme Court's own courthouse.