Federal Judge Orders Some Texas Schools to Remove Ten Commandment Posters

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…

Judge Blocks Ten Commandments Displays in Schools.

PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction requiring certain public school districts to remove displays of the Ten Commandments from classrooms.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Judge Orlando L. Garcia, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and families from diverse religious backgrounds.WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued Tuesday, November 18, 2025, affecting public schoo…

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…