SocraticGadfly: Texas' Ten Commandments bill finally faces statewide challenge

December 09, 2025

Texas' Ten Commandments bill finally faces statewide challenge

We've got the class-action suit we've needed for months. 

Again, this is a class action suit. To quote the ACLU news release:

A group of 18 multifaith and nonreligious Texas families filed a class action lawsuit today to stop all Texas public school districts that are not already involved in active litigation or subject to an injunction from displaying the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Even though two federal judges in Texas have ruled that Senate Bill 10 is unconstitutional, school districts across the state continue to display the Ten Commandments. With more than 1,000 school districts in Texas, a class action lawsuit is the most effective way to protect the religious freedom of all Texas public school children and their families

That's the biggie. 

The hoped-for action?

The new Ashby v. Schertz-Cibolo-Universal ISD case is necessary because — even with two federal court injunctions preventing more than two dozen Texas school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments — public school districts continue to violate the constitutional rights of students and their families. The class action lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that would stop any public school district not already involved in litigation from displaying the Ten Commandments.

Yes. 

For the full filing, see here

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