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ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Review Texas Ten Commandments Law

8/18/2026

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The ACLU petitioned the Supreme Court to review Texas’s Ten Commandments classroom law.
Texas lawmakers passed the statute last year, requiring a Ten Commandments sign in classrooms.
The ACLU represents Houston Jewish parent Joshua Fixler, who said the Christian sign is upsetting.
The Supreme Court may hear the petition after its next term begins this fall, although the Monday filing—made after the Fifth Circuit upheld the law—is not yet docketed.

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Story summary

The ACLU petitioned the Supreme Court to review Texas’s Ten Commandments classroom law.
Texas lawmakers passed the statute last year, requiring a Ten Commandments sign in classrooms.
The ACLU represents Houston Jewish parent Joshua Fixler, who said the Christian sign is upsetting.
The Supreme Court may hear the petition after its next term begins this fall, although the Monday filing—made after the Fifth Circuit upheld the law—is not yet docketed.