Judge blocks 4 districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom
ARKANSAS, AUG 5 – A federal judge halted enforcement of Act 573 in four Arkansas districts, citing constitutional concerns over religious imposition on public school students, according to court ruling.
- On August 4, 2025, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction preventing Arkansas's Act 573 from being enforced in four of the state’s largest school districts.
- The injunction followed a lawsuit filed by seven Arkansas families and civil liberties groups, arguing the law violates the First Amendment's separation of church and state.
- Act 573 mandates that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in all classrooms and libraries within Arkansas’s public elementary and high schools starting August 5.
- Judge Brooks called Act 573 'plainly unconstitutional' and said it would coerce students to observe a religion, interfering with parents' rights; ACLU legal director John L. Williams said the ruling upheld students' rights to learn free from government-imposed faith.
- The ruling marks a limited but significant civil liberties victory amid similar laws and legal battles in Texas and Louisiana, with the legal conflict expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Federal Judge Partially Blocks Arkansas Ten Commandments Classroom Display Law - Worthy Christian News
by Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Staff (Worthy News) – A federal district judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of Arkansas’ new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, calling it “plainly unconstitutional” and part of a broader effort to inject Christian doctrine into education. Arkansas Act 573, signed earlier this year by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, mandates that each “elementary an…
Judge Partially Blocks Enforcement of Arkansas Ten Commandments Law
A federal district judge has partially blocked enforcement of an Arkansas law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms across the state. Arkansas Act 573, signed into law by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this year, requires a donated or privately-purchased copy of the Ten Commandments to be displayed in each “elementary and secondary school library and classroom.” Texas and Louisiana recently passed similar laws mandat…
Judge blocks four districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom
A new Arkansas law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments cannot be enforced in a handful of the state’s largest school districts where parents brought challenges on the grounds that it violates the separation of church and state, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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