28 families in Texas are challenging the Ten Commandments law in the Supreme Court with support from Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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Strict ScrutinySep 15, 2026
As of the September 15, 2026 post date, the sources show that 28 Texas families (Miami Herald says 'more than two dozen') had asked the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit's upholding of Texas's Ten Commandments classroom law, and that Americans United was part of the coalition representing them alongside the ACLU.
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What was said
… Texas politicians passed a law requiring the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, forcing their religion on every kid in those schools. 28 families in Texas, supported by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, are taking the fight to the Supreme Court, and we need you to amplify their voices before the Supreme Court gets its hands on this case. We've already talked about on the podcast how the Fifth Circuit decision allowing this practice was total B s. …
Strict Scrutiny · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Americans United-affiliated AU article and the ACLU case page both state that 28 Texas families asked the Supreme Court on August 17, 2026 to hear their challenge to Texas's SB 10, with Americans United as one of the representing organizations.[2][3]
Supports. The Miami Herald reports that more than two dozen multifaith families asked the Supreme Court on August 17 to rule that Texas cannot require Ten Commandments displays, and Courthouse News says Americans United is supporting the coalition alongside the ACLU and FFRF.[4][5]
Supports. The Texarkana Gazette says the families are represented by the ACLU, the ACLU of Texas, and Americans United, and the ACLU's own press release describes the Texas families' Supreme Court request.[6][7]
Context. Reuters (September 29, 2026) reports that several Texas families backed by the ACLU have asked the Supreme Court to strike down the 2025 law, and that the Court may add the case to its new term docket. This is consistent with the claim and shows the case was still pending.[1]
Context. The post's title refers to a mail-in ballot ruling, which is unrelated to this claim; the Ten Commandments statement is a self-contained assertion in the passage.
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 6 not rated
- 1US Supreme Court mulls immigrant detention, gambling, ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2New videos: TX families on why SCOTUS should stop Ten Commandments lawau.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Court Casesaclutx.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Supreme Court asked to block Ten Commandment displays in public schoolsmiamiherald.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Founders' views on church-state relations face new scrutiny as Ten Commandments case heads to SCOTUScourthousenews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court asked to hear case on Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in schoolstexarkanagazette.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Arkansas Families Urge Appellate Court to Block State Law Mandating Ten Commandments in All Public School Classrooms | American Civil Liberties Unionaclu.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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