(The Conversation) — Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas are testing a Supreme Court precedent barring displays of the Ten Commandments’ display in public school classrooms. All three laws have been at ...

Parents in Conway, Arkansas have filed a lawsuit to add their school district to the existing lawsuit opposing the law for ...

Controversy over the commandments is not new. In more than a dozen early cases, courts generally upheld laws and policies mandating their recitation in schools. These enactments survived because the ...

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Pretty soon, public school students in Louisiana, from kindergarten up through college, will see the Ten Commandments displayed in every classroom — math, science, even gym. That’s because of a new ...

Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama have passed laws requiring the posters in public schools. Several other states are considering similar measures. By Pooja Salhotra A growing number of Republican ...

A monument of the Ten Commandments is pictured in front of a church in Uvalde, Texas, June 1, 2022. Texas can require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, a U.S. appeals court ...

A sculpture with the Ten Commandments is pictured on the Texas Capitol grounds on Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Austin. Texas can enforce a state law requiring public schools to display posters of the ...

A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality. On Tuesday, the 17 active ...

An updated version of this article was published on Dec. 5, 2025. Read it here. As disputes rage on over religion’s place in public schools, the Ten Commandments have become a focal point. At least a ...