US EditionTen Commandments Staying up at University of Arkansas Despite Federal Judge's Ruling
Judge Timothy Brooks ruled the law unconstitutional, finding it promoted religion without educational purpose, after 13 families sued under First Amendment grounds.
- On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Brooks issued a permanent injunction blocking enforcement of Arkansas Act 573 in Fayetteville, Springdale, Siloam Springs and Bentonville K–12 school districts, preventing Ten Commandments posters from classroom display.
- Act 573, passed in April 2025 and effective last August, required schools and government buildings to display a paraphrased King James Version text of the Ten Commandments and a poster of the national motto 'In God We Trust.'
- Judge Brooks relied on Stone v. Graham, the 1980 Supreme Court case striking down a similar Kentucky law, finding Arkansas' statute purely religious rather than educational. ACLU legal director John C. Williams said the ruling affirms that "public schools are not Sunday schools."
- The University of Arkansas, not a party to the lawsuit, must continue displaying 500 donated posters from Christian nonprofit Counteract USA under state law. Arkansas officials announced plans to appeal Judge Brooks' permanent injunction.
- Similar laws in Louisiana and Texas have faced court challenges and injunctions, with legal experts noting the issue could ultimately reach the Supreme Court and set national precedent on religion in public schools.
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Judge Strikes Down Law Requiring Display of Ten Commandments in Arkansas Classrooms
A federal judge has struck down a law in Arkansas that required the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, finding it violated children’s rights. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks ruled on March 16 that not enjoining the law, Act 573, would violate the religious and Free Exercise rights of children in public school. “Act 573’s purpose is only to display a sacred, religious text in a prominent place in every public-school classroom. And …
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Nemos News NetworkObama Judge Strikes Down Ten Commandments In Arkansas Classrooms
Obama Judge Strikes Down Ten Commandments In Arkansas Classrooms Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge has struck down a law in Arkansas that required the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, finding it violated children’s rights. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks (Obama) ruled on March 16 that not enjoining the law, Act 573, would violate the religious and Free Exercise rights of children in…
Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of Arkansas Ten Commandments Law in Six School Districts
A federal judge has barred six school districts in Arkansas from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms, ruling that such displays would amount to religious promotion directed at students. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas permanently prohibited the enforcement of Act 573.
Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Ten Commandments Law, State Vows Appeal
by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – A federal judge has struck down an Arkansas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, igniting a renewed national debate over faith, history, and the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks ruled March 16 that Act 573 violates students’ constitutional rights, arguing the law’s primary purpose was religious in nature. In his …
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