US EditionFederal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters
Judge Orlando L. Garcia blocked Texas law requiring Ten Commandments posters in classrooms, citing First Amendment violations and protecting students from religious coercion, affecting 14 districts.
- Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking Senate Bill 10 and directing multiple Texas independent school districts to remove Ten Commandments posters from classrooms.
- The suit, filed Sept. 22, alleges 15 multifaith and nonreligious families contend S.B. 10 forces a Christian version of the Ten Commandments and violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.
- The law requires posters measuring 16 inches by 20 inches , and Frisco Independent School District installed nearly 5,000 posters across 77 campuses, purchasing more than 4,800 copies.
- The ruling requires districts to remove displays by Dec. 1 and provide proof by Dec. 9, with Fort Worth ISD pledging compliance and the injunction barring new postings in the 14 named districts.
- Attorney General Paxton has said he will appeal Tuesday's ruling, and legal experts say disputes are likely to reach the U.S. Supreme Court after similar challenges in Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Judge tells some Texas schools to temporarily remove Ten Commandments posters
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in Texas that told some districts to take down posters in classrooms that displayed the Ten Commandments. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia ruled the Texas law mandating the poster in every public school classroom violates the Establishment Clause and ordered certain districts to take down the displays by [...]
On Tuesday, 18 November, an American federal judge ordered the withdrawal by December 2025 of the display of the Ten Bible Commandments set up in Texas public schools at the request of the Republican Governor of the State.
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Federal judge rules law requiring display of Ten Commandments in Texas classrooms unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled that Texas' law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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