Well, ladies and gentlemen, there was a very important decision that just took place within the Fifth Circuit of the federal court where they actually upheld a Texas law that allows actually it mandates for the Ten Commandments to be placed in every single public school classroom.

And of course, the ACLU was not very happy about this.

And so what we're going to discuss today is what did the law actually say? What were the ACLU arguments?

What were the arguments from the plaintiffs in this, from the state in this? And then we're also going to

talk about kind of some of this concept about the establishment clause and the free exercise

clause within the First

Amendment. What did it actually mean? What were the founders trying to get at? Because there's some

really interesting interpretations. And one of the most important things that happened in this

decision is that a particular test that the Supreme Court had used for a while now in order to

determine whether or not something was a violation of the

establishment clause has just been overturned.

And that is pretty significant.

So let's jump right into it.

All right.

So what did SB Senate Bill 10 actually say?

Well, it says that every Texas public school classroom must display a specific version of the 10 Commandments at least 11 inches by 14 inches and large easily readable font

The display must be permanent not rotating not optional and not teacher discretion

It applies to every public school classroom in the state of Texas

The law was actually passed in 2023, but it's been in litigation ever since which should surprise

Absolutely no one.

So what did the, you know, what did the, what did the, what did the, what did the ACLU say about this?

Well, obviously they were, they were pretty, they were pretty upset about it because the ACLU has a long history of, I would argue, not arguing freedom of religion, but freedom from

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