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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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A preliminary injunction granted late Monday temporarily blocks a new state law mandating Ten Commandments displays in classrooms from being implemented in four Northwest Arkansas school districts. (Allan Swart/Getty Images)A federal judge on Monday night temporarily blocked implementation of a new state law requiring schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms that was set to take effect Tuesday. Act 573 of 2025 requires that “a durable…
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WLTXArkansas law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in schools temporarily blocked
A federal judge halted Arkansas' Act 573, citing First Amendment violations, preventing schools from displaying the Ten Commandments.
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