Overview
- U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia issued a preliminary injunction ordering 14 named Texas school districts to remove Ten Commandments displays by Dec. 1 and not post new ones.
- Garcia wrote that classroom displays required by SB 10 violate the Establishment Clause and denied a motion to dismiss, with notices of compliance due to the court on Dec. 9.
- The injunction applies only to the districts in the suit, though civil liberties groups are urging all Texas districts to refrain from implementing the law.
- Hours before or around the ruling, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed state-court lawsuits against Round Rock ISD and Leander ISD for alleged noncompliance; Round Rock acknowledges not posting, while Leander says it has implemented the law.
- An earlier August order by Judge Fred Biery blocked enforcement in other districts, and appeals are set for January at the U.S. Fifth Circuit, which will shape whether SB 10 can be enforced more broadly.