A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
In a 9–8 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District that the law complied with the First Amendment, despite a contrary ruling it issued last year.
The decision, issued at the end of last month, raised questions about the freedom of religion and how the Supreme Court had ruled on these issues in the past.
If the case reaches the nation’s highest court, the subsequent, potentially landmark ruling could change the legal landscape for how governments deal with religion….