Texas judge orders school districts to pause Ten Commandments displays

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction ordering several Texas school districts to remove Ten Commandments displays from classrooms by Dec. 1, and blocking them from installing new ones while a legal challenge moves forward.

U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia ruled that the displays required under Senate Bill 10 likely violate the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In his order, Garcia wrote that displaying the Ten Commandments “as set forth in S.B. 10 violates the Establishment Clause,” and that preventing students from encountering the posters would be “impractical, if not impossible” without halting enforcement of the law.

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The injunction stems from Cribbs Ringer v. Co