Also unlike Mr Kaczynski, he has the excuse that, though Lisbon passed the Czech parliament in May, it faces a court challenge by politicians from the Civic Democratic party that Mr Klaus once led.
By letting stand a lower court's decision, the Supreme Court agreed that San Francisco's civic ownership of the cross violates the California constitution's guarantee of government neutrality in religious matters.
Last week a disgruntled Honda Civic Hybrid owner in California won a small-claims court challenge over claims that the car could achieve as much as 50 mpg.