The founders simply wanted to prevent Congress and the federal government from establishing a national religion.

Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep ...

A Ten Commandments poster is seen with boxes of others before they were delivered to local public schools in New Braunfels, Texas, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. A federal appeals court appears open to ...

Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have all passed laws -- now on hold -- to mandate the biblical laws' display in classrooms. mtcurado/iStock via Getty Images Plus All three laws have been at least ...

Indiana joins multiple Republican-led state legislatures seeking to display the Ten Commandments in government buildings, courtrooms and classrooms.

CONROE, Texas – Conroe Independent School District is moving ahead with implementing a new state law requiring Ten Commandments displays in K-12 public classrooms, despite opposition from some parents ...

Stone tablets depicting the Ten Commandments are shown outside the Supreme Court in Washington June 27, 2005, placed there during a vigil by a religious group. In Louisiana, Public school classrooms ...

Debbie Leimback displays one of the hundreds of Ten Commandments posters she was preparing to deliver to local public schools in New Braunfels, Texas, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (Credit: Eric Gay/AP.) ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published by The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Litigation over posting the Ten ...

The polarizing court battle over Texas’ Ten Commandments display law has reignited the debate over religion in public schools. Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office is defending the requirement, ...

The Collier County Commission voted 4-1 to display the Ten Commandments alongside other historical documents in county buildings. The decision followed a heated debate, with opponents citing ...

An Arkansas Federal District Court recently ruled unconstitutional an Arkansas statute requiring public schools to "prominently display" a 16-by-20-inch poster of the ...