The Ten Commandments built Western civilization.
Now an Obama judge says Arkansas kids can't look at them in school.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders just told him exactly what she thinks about that.
What the Judge Actually Said
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks – appointed by Barack Obama – ruled Monday that Arkansas's law requiring the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
His reasoning tells you everything you need to know about where the left is taking this country.
"The only reason to display a sacred, religious text in every classroom is to proselytize to children," Brooks wrote.
Think about that for a second.
The judge decided that displaying the same moral code that underpins every courtroom in America somehow violates children's rights – in a classroom.
He went further, arguing that kids have no way to avoid the displays since they sit in those rooms for thirteen years of mandatory schooling.
That's his logic for stripping the foundation of Western law from Arkansas classrooms.
Sanders didn't take it sitting down.
"In Arkansas, we believe murder is wrong and stealing is bad – and there's nothing wrong with our students learning that too," she posted to X. "We will appeal this ruling and defend our state's values."
https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/2034052063466795404?s=20
The Arkansas Attorney General's office confirmed the appeal is coming.
The National Battle That's Headed to SCOTUS
This isn't just about Arkansas.
Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas have all passed laws requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms, and every single one has landed in court.
Here's what the left doesn't want you to notice: they're not winning everywhere.
Just last month, the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 12-6 to clear the way for Louisiana's Ten Commandments law to take effect.
The court said it was too early to even assess whether the displays violated the Constitution, vacating an injunction that had blocked the law since 2024.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry immediately directed schools to start posting the displays.
"Schools shall now proceed with placing the posters in classrooms," Landry wrote.
LSU President Wade Rousse announced compliance the same week.
https://twitter.com/JRichieTX/status/2013716680728269054?s=20
Arkansas sits in the 8th Circuit, not the 5th – so Monday's ruling doesn't conflict directly with the Louisiana outcome.
But the split between circuits is exactly what forces a Supreme Court showdown.
Legal experts across the board are saying the same thing: this is going to SCOTUS, and soon.
Why the Supreme Court Could End This Fight for Good
The left's legal strategy rests on a 1980 Supreme Court case – Stone v. Graham – where a 5-4 majority struck down a Kentucky law requiring Ten Commandments displays in schools.
That case relied on the Lemon test – a legal framework the current Supreme Court essentially buried in 2022.
In Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the court's 6-3 conservative majority threw out the Lemon test and told judges to look at history and the founding era instead.
That changes the entire calculus.
Judge James Ho of the 5th Circuit said it plainly in a concurring opinion: Louisiana's law isn't just constitutional – it "affirms our Nation's highest and most noble traditions."
The Stone decision depended entirely on a legal test that no longer exists.
Every lower court judge using Stone as their weapon is standing on a foundation the Supreme Court already demolished.
The six conservative justices on the court – including three Trump appointees – are applying the exact historical framework that supports displaying the Ten Commandments.
Meanwhile, Obama-appointed judges keep running the same broken playbook.
They know what's coming.
The only question is how fast Sanders and Griffin can get this case to the 8th Circuit – and from there to Washington, D.C.
Arkansas kids should be able to learn that murder is wrong from the same document that inspired the Founders.
One unelected judge just said they can't.
That fight is just getting started.
Sources:
- Addie Davis, "Ark.: Judge blocks 6 state school districts from displaying Ten Commandments," One America News Network, March 17, 2026.
- "Federal judge strikes down Ten Commandments displays in several Arkansas school districts," Fox News, March 17, 2026.
- Marta Jewson, "5th Circuit upholds Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in classrooms," Louisiana Illuminator, February 20, 2026.
- Piper Hutchinson, "LSU to post Ten Commandments in classrooms, president says," Louisiana Illuminator, February 27, 2026.
- Kelsey Dallas, "The Ten Commandments return to classrooms: What will the Supreme Court do?" SCOTUSblog, July 2025.
