I'm pleased to announce that Thomas Van Orden, the plaintiff in Van Orden v. Perry, the Texas ten commandments case that was heard this week by the Supreme Court, has agreed to be interviewed next week for this blog. The interview will be conducted via email and hopefully posted within the next couple weeks. If anyone has any suggestions for questions they would like to have answered, please email them to me.
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I couldn't be more pleased. I look forward to this interview.