Beau of The Fifth Column

Anyway, it's just a thought.

Y'all have a good day.

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Belle 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 an 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 isn't 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 wanted.