Update: Appeals court agrees with Texas that Ten Commandments law is constitutional

Ruling makes it likely that controversy will be considered by Supreme Court

A Ten Commandments monument formerly on display in Breckinridge, Texas. Photo via Wikimedia.

Without a vote to spare, a federal appeals court has determined that a 2025 Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is constitutional.

By a 9-8 vote today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that the l…