Civil rights advocates have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring the state’s public schools to display the Ten Commandments.
Monday's petition tees up a case that could set a new national standard for the limits of religious expression in classrooms.
Over two dozen Texas families represented by the American Civil Liberties Union petitioned the nation’s highest court to overturn a decision in April by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The New Orleans-based appeals court’s 9-8 ruling upheld the Texas law, which requires every public school classroom to display a state-selected version of the Ten Commandments.
Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which was slated to begin Sept. 8, has been postponed indefinitely as his lawyers seek to have the case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds following his guilty plea last week to federal charges.
August 17, 2026
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