6:15 p.m.
Federal judge Michael Urbanski ruled the names of "Doe #1" and "Doe #2" will remain hidden from the public, and likely for the duration of the case.
Doe #1 and Doe #2 are a Narrows high school student, and that student's parent, who are suing the Giles County School Board over a display at Narrows high of several historical documents.
The display includes the Magna Carta, the U.S. Constitution, and the Ten Commandments.
The "Does" object to the display of the Ten Commandments, according to the lawsuit.
Urbanski also denied the initial motion to dismiss the lawsuit from Liberty Counsel's Mathew Staver.? Staver is representing the school board in the case.
Staver and ACLU of Virginia attorney, Rebecca Glenberg, both said they will likely come to some sort of an agreement in the next two weeks allowing Staver to see the identities of the "Does" but not reveal them to the public or the school board.
Urbanski said he would like to hear more from both sides on the overall history of the display, which started as only the Ten Commandments and the Constitution, in 1999.
Staver said the original idea came about after the tragedy at Columbine High School.
Urbanski also said he wanted to hear more about the Giles County School Board's resolution inviting the public to add more historical documents with the board's approval.
Urbanski said he would like to have the trial completed by the first of June 2012, in case Doe #1 is a senior at Narrows High School.
Urbanski asked both sides to call his secretary with potential trial dates.
He said he wanted to set a trial date soon.
Original post:
The ACLU of Virginia and Liberty Counsel will face off this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.
The two sides will engage in what's expected to be a prolonged legal battle over a display which includes the Ten Commandments at Narrows High School.
The ACLU of Virginia is representing a Narrows high school student and that student's parent.
The student is offended by the display, according to court documents.
Liberty Counsel is representing the Giles County School Board, which is named as the defendant in the case.
The judge is expected to hear arguments this afternoon on whether to publicly identify the student and the student's parent in the case.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
Source: http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/nov/28/legal-battle-giles-ten-commandments-case-begin-aft-ar-1498711/
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