Well, howdy there, Internet people, it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about SCOTUS, seeing Ten Commandments cases soon.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks ruled that in Arkansas law that requires the Ten Commandments be placed in schools

violates both the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution.

The ruling permanently blocked half a dozen school districts from following the Arkansas law.

But it is in a statewide ban. The judge wrote, quote,

Act 573's purpose is only to display a sacred religious text in a prominent place in every public

school classroom. And the only reason to display a sacred religious text in every

classroom is to proselytize to children. The state has said the quiet part out loud.

The judge also noted, quote, the law serves no educational purpose, as the state admits, and consequently deprives plaintiffs

of their rights. Indeed, they did. They didn't really try to hide the purpose of the law

the way other states have. And that's where this gets interesting, and sets the stage for a Supreme Court battle.

See, Arkansas is under the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Louisiana just had their law upheld by the Fifth Circuit.

Conflicting decisions in different circuits on a clear constitutional issue, where the state itself might

be infringing on the rights of citizens, is the kind of situation that typically finds its way to the

court. That's probably what the people who push these laws want it. There's a growing feeling

that they want a redo of Stone v. Graham 1980.

That's the Supreme Court case that currently controls the display of religious speech to captive audiences by the state.

Heather Weaver, who is Senior Counsel for the ACLU's program on freedom of religion and belief, said quote.

Today's decision ensures that our client's classrooms will remain spaces where all students, regardless of their faith, feel welcomed and can learn without worrying that they do not live up to the

state's preferred religious beliefs. A question that came in asked how the First Amendment applies to

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