As the influence of Barton and the burgeoning Christian nationalist movement find favor in state legislatures, the White House and with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson — who cites Barton as a ...

A federal appeals court vacated a temporary block on the 2024 law, tossing a previous decision that called it “plainly ...

This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune on June 26, 2025. (The Texas Tribune) — A group of faith leaders and parents from North Texas this week sued to stop a new state law that will ...

A new law requiring Texas public schools to display posters of the Ten Commandments in every classroom is set to go into effect next month, unless a federal court intervenes. The law does not allocate ...

A federal judge has partially blocked the state of Texas from enforcing its law ordering the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. In a colorful ruling replete with off-the-cuff ...

A bill proposed in the Alabama Senate would require school systems to display a poster of the Ten Commandments, along with quotations that seek to show them as central to American history and law.

School (in)Security is our biweekly briefing on the latest school safety news, vetted by Mark Keierleber. Subscribe here. As far-right political operative David Barton leads a Christian nationalist ...

A new law in Texas requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments is facing a legal challenge from a group of Christian parents. Governor Abbott last weekend signed into law Senate ...

I have three children in the Houston Independent School District. If this law is allowed to go into effect, my kids would be subjected to these scriptural displays for more than 1,200 hours over the ...

The Ten Commandments, also called “the Decalogue,” are arguably the most famous words in the Bible. The Hebrew Bible presents them as having been revealed directly to the Jews by God. They were ...

First Liberty Senior Counsel Jeremy Dys (left) speaks about Arkansas’ Ten Commandments law as the law’s lead sponsors Sen. Jim Dotson (center) and Rep. Alyssa Brown listen. Behind them are Rep. Harlan ...