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A federal court blocked Arkansas’s Ten Commandments law, affirming students’ religious freedom and limits on government in schools.
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Court Permanently Blocks Arkansas Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Public School Classroom and Library

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Federal Court Blocks Lakeside School District from Posting Ten Commandments