Senate Bill 10
Coverage of Senate Bill 10 in the Nexus archive.
- Federal court upholds Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in public classrooms
A federal appeals court upheld a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, ruling it does not violate the Constitution's First Amendment. The 9-8 decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a prior injunction, citing the Supreme Court's 2022 abandonment of the Lemon test, which had previously invalidated similar laws like the 1980 Stone v. Graham case.
- Federal judge blocks Indiana ban on student ID for voting
A federal judge blocked Indiana's law banning student IDs for voting, ruling it likely violates constitutional rights. The law, Senate Bill 10, removed student IDs from acceptable voter IDs despite their 20-year acceptance if meeting specific criteria. Indiana's attorney general plans to appeal, citing election security concerns.