Ten Commandments in Schools: Why Courts Are Reaching Opposite Conclusions

About this episode

This episode discusses the varying federal court decisions regarding the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

Can a state require every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments? Federal courts are currently answering that question in different ways, and the disagreement could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court. In this episode of Legal Ledger Sidebar, OSBA attorneys Sara Clark and Jennie Hardin break down recent court decisions from Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas involving laws requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. They explain how the Supreme ...

People in this episode

Host: Scott Gerfen

Guests: Sara Clark, Jennie Hardin

Topics covered

• Ten Commandments
• public schools
• court decisions
• First Amendment
• religion in schools
• legal analysis

Keywords

• Ten Commandments
• public schools
• court decisions
• First Amendment
• religion
• legal analysis
• Supreme Court

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Supreme Court

Places: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas

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