Federal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters

Federal Judge Blocks Texas Ten Commandments Law in Additional Public Schools

A federal judge has blocked the latest effort to enforce a Texas law requiring posters of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia ordered several school districts to remove the displays by December 1, ruling that the mandate violates students’ First Amendment rights. The law, known as Senate Bill 10, was passed by the Texas Legislature in May and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on June 21. It was schedu…

Judge Blocks Texas Law Forcing Ten Commandments Displays in Schools

On Tuesday, a federal judge based in Texas ruled that a state law requiring public independent school districts (ISDs) to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom was likely unconstitutional. In his order, which was narrowly defined to affect only the districts in question, Judge Orlando Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas noted that the families suing… Source

Federal judge orders schools from 14 Texas districts remove Ten Commandments displays, citing First Amendment

According to court documents, a federal judge in San Antonio ruled that Senate Bill 10 (SB 10) likely violates a clause of the First Amendment and temporarily ordered 14 Texas Independent School Districts (ISDs) not to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.

Judge Blocks Several Texas Schools From Displaying 10 Commandments

Source: Douglas Sacha / Getty Boy, Texas Republicans just keep racking up the L’s this week. A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that several Texas schools must take down posters displaying the Ten Commandments.  According to the Washington Post, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law in June requiring all Texas public schools to display the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous location” in every classroom. Judge Orlando L. Garcia of the U.S. District C…

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Federal Judge Orders Texas School Districts to Remove Ten Commandments Displays

A federal judge in Texas has ordered several public school districts to remove classroom displays of the Ten Commandments and barred them from posting new ones, ruling that a new state law requiring the displays likely violates the First Amendment. In a Nov. 18 preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia found that Senate Bill 10—which mandates large, readable Ten Commandments posters in every public-school classroom—runs afoul…