Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments, court rules
Summary
A U.S. appeals court ruled that Texas public schools can require classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. The court said this law does not break the First Amendment rules about religion and government, setting up a possible future decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.Key Facts
- The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Texas can require Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms.
- The court found the law does not violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause (government can't establish a religion) or free exercise clause (freedom to practice religion).
- The law took effect on September 1, 2024, and marks the largest effort in the U.S. to display the Ten Commandments in public schools.
- About two dozen Texas school districts had previously been blocked by federal judges from posting the Ten Commandments.
- After the ruling, many schools displayed the posters by printing them or accepting donations.
- The case is part of Republican efforts, including support from President Donald Trump, to include more religious elements in public schools.
- The appeals court voted 12-6 to lift a block that a lower court placed on the law earlier in 2024.
- A similar law in Louisiana was also cleared by the same court around the same time.
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