Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has ordered school districts unaffected by a recent court ruling to comply with a state law ...

Yes, students need instruction in virtue and morality. Research shows that kids with these kinds of inputs fare better in all kinds of ...

The text of the Ten Commandments the law requires is based on the King James Bible and is distinctly Christian. Jews and ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, ruling it likely ...

A federal judge has ruled that parents and children from the Conway School District can be added to a lawsuit challenging the state-mandated posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools.

COMMENTARY: Displaying the Decalogue in schools signals that education means developing skills and respect for enduring moral ...

Several state legislatures have introduced bills requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools.

A federal judge rules the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in Texas public schools, despite a new law requiring it.

Supporters of Texas' Ten Commandments display law argue its important for public school classrooms since the text shaped American law and history. Scholars disagree.