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Rights Groups Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Texas SB 10

8/19/2026

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Rights groups filed a Supreme Court writ to overturn the Fifth Circuit decision upholding Texas Senate Bill 10.
A district judge ruled the law unconstitutional, but the Fifth Circuit en banc reversed that ruling.
The writ cites the 1980 Supreme Court decision that state-mandated Ten Commandments displays are unlawful.
Rabbi Joshua Fixler, Rebekah and Ted Lowe, and ACLU and Americans United leaders said the law forces a religious view on children.

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Rights groups filed a Supreme Court writ to overturn the Fifth Circuit decision upholding Texas Senate Bill 10.
A district judge ruled the law unconstitutional, but the Fifth Circuit en banc reversed that ruling.
The writ cites the 1980 Supreme Court decision that state-mandated Ten Commandments displays are unlawful.
Rabbi Joshua Fixler, Rebekah and Ted Lowe, and ACLU and Americans United leaders said the law forces a religious view on children.