Arkansas Parents Sway Judge to Pause Ten Commandments Law (1)

Four Arkansas school districts are enjoined from enforcing a law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in elementary and secondary school classrooms and libraries, a federal judge ruled.

The law “is unconstitutional under any legal test,” said Judge Timothy L. Brooks of the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Monday. Brooks granted the plaintiff-parents’ request for a preliminary injunction.

The US Supreme Court struck down a “nearly identical” Ten Commandments law 45 years ago, and that precedent remains binding, rendering the Arkansas law “plainly unconstitutional,” said Brooks. “Why would Arkansas pass an obviously unconstitutional law? Most ...