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5th Circuit Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law, 9-8 Vote

4/24/2026

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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 9-8 to rule Texas’s Senate Bill 10, requiring a Ten Commandments poster in classrooms, does not violate Constitution’s Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses.
Ken Paxton and the Texas Values group praised the decision as a religious-liberty victory.
The ACLU of Texas and Americans United plan to petition Supreme Court to overturn decision, warning text-history-tradition test—abandoning Lemon—could affect laws in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama.

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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 9-8 to rule Texas’s Senate Bill 10, requiring a Ten Commandments poster in classrooms, does not violate Constitution’s Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses.
Ken Paxton and the Texas Values group praised the decision as a religious-liberty victory.
The ACLU of Texas and Americans United plan to petition Supreme Court to overturn decision, warning text-history-tradition test—abandoning Lemon—could affect laws in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama.