Judge: law for schools to display the 10 Commandments -no go

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday

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... An Arkansas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in public school classrooms was struck down by a federal judge Monday.

The law is among those pushed by Republicans, including President Donald Trump, to incorporate religion in public schools. Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas all have enacted similar laws requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms. And as such, each mandate has faced legal challenges that many expect to eventually be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-18 01:34 AM | Reply

If a law needs to be passed to force the proliferation of a religion, what does that say about that religion?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-18 01:35 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Clearly Donald Trump needs to invade Arkansas and kidnap their leader.

#3 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-03-18 01:45 AM | Reply

When do we start stoning to death adulterers?

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-18 07:29 AM | Reply

This is one of three cases bubbling in the Fifth Circuit. Earlier this month the en banc Circuit ducked (overruled the panel decision) the merits question (is it constitutional) by ruling the LA law is not "ripe" for a merits decision (no LA district has actually implemented the law so we're in the dark about how this law works). reason.com

In the mean time the rest of the world knows exactly how it works. Plastering schools with religious dogma influences children. That's why religious private schools do what they do. The First Amendment tells public schools not to do that. Yet some are in the dark.

We'll see.

#5 | Posted by et_al at 2026-03-18 07:32 AM | Reply

Re #5 | POSTED BY ET_AL

Yet some are still in the dark (Ages).

We'll see.. more White Christian Nationalism and attempts to force an American Theocracy for at least 2 more years.

We will continue with the Great FAFO until then.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-03-18 02:12 PM | Reply