The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision allowing the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
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Strict ScrutinySep 15, 2026
The Fifth Circuit issued decisions allowing Ten Commandments displays in public schools: in February 2026 it lifted the block on Louisiana's law, and on April 21, 2026 its en banc majority held that Texas's classroom display requirement does not violate the Establishment or Free Exercise Clauses.
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… 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. I mean, it had to liken the Ten Commandments to basically, like, a poster, almost suggesting, "Oh, what? You triggered libs?" …
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Supports. Reuters reports that a split Fifth Circuit ruled on April 21, 2026 that Texas may require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in each classroom, overturning a lower-court block.[1]
Supports. The New York Times reports that the Fifth Circuit narrowly upheld the Texas Ten Commandments display law 9-to-8, ruling it does not violate the separation of church and state.[4]
Supports. The AP reports that the Fifth Circuit voted 12-6 in February 2026 to lift the block on a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in classrooms, though it said it was too early to judge the law's constitutionality.[2]
Supports. The Fifth Circuit's own Louisiana opinion addresses the statute requiring Ten Commandments displays in every classroom, and the ABA reports that the en banc court's April ruling in Nathan v. Alamo Heights upheld the Texas law.[3][5]
Context. The Louisiana ruling was procedural: the court found the challenge unripe rather than ruling on constitutionality, while the Texas ruling reached the merits. The claim's generic wording covers both.[2][5]
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5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Texas can require Ten Commandments in classrooms, US appeals court rulesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuitgovinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten ...nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Ten Commandments Take Shortcut Back to Classroomamericanbar.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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