“Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement directing all Texas Independent School Districts (ISDs) not enjoined by ongoing litigation to display copies of the Ten Commandments once Senate Bill 10 takes effect on September 1, 2025. ‘From the beginning, the Ten Commandments have been irrevocably intertwined with America’s legal, moral, and historical heritage,’ said Attorney General Paxton. ‘Schools not enjoined by ongoing litigation must abide by SB 10 and display the Ten Commandments. The woke radicals seeking to erase our nation’s history will be defeated. I will not back down from defending the virtues and values that built this country,'” says Picasso Face in a statement, the “woke radicals” butthurt an extra lame touch. Can’t come up with anything fresher?

“SB 10 requires any public or secondary school to display the Ten Commandments in each classroom. While no school is compelled to purchase Ten Commandments displays, schools may choose to do so. However, schools must accept and display any privately donated posters or copies that meet the requirements of SB 10. Prior to the implementation of the law, activists sued several ISDs to stop the law. On August 20, a federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the ISDs that are party to the litigation from displaying any copies of the Ten Commandments. Attorney General Paxton immediately appealed that flawed ruling. The only school districts affected by the injunction are Alamo Heights, North East, Austin, Cypress Fairbanks, Lackland, Lake Travis, Fort Bend, Houston, Dripping Springs, Plano, and Northside. All other ISDs must abide by the law once it takes effect on September 1, 2025,” the statement continued.

The ACLU disagreed in spirit, but not in letter. “As a technical matter, the injunction covers the school district defendants. But all school districts have an independent obligation to respect students’ and families’ constitutional rights,” wrote attorney Heather Weaver after the initial ruling.

The upshot being that if and when Pax – or any plaintiff – sues any school district that does not display the Commandments the ACLU’s just going to get them added to the injunction.