The bill would require the Ten Commandments be posted in each classroom in South Dakota's public schools. But it could face legal challenges.
A federal appeals court case about displaying the Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools is poised to become the next major battleground over religion’s role in American public life. While the case has sparked familiar debates about church-state separation,
Under House Bill 116, school boards can give teachers permission to read or post the Ten Commandments at anything school related.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to review a culture war dispute over the opening of the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school in Oklahoma. The state's top court had previously invalidated the school for violating the First Amendment's establishment clause.
A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.
The justices said Friday they would review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that invalidated a state board's approval of an application by the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to open a charter school.