The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments (audio of full oral arguments) in Samantha Stinson v. State of Arkansas, (Docket No. 26-1722, argued 9/22/2026). In the case, an Arkansas federal district court, finding both Establishment clause and Free Exercise clause problems with the law, issued a permanent injunction barring the state from enforcing Arkansas’ statute that requires the posting of a particular version of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom. (See prior posting.) Arkansas Advocate reports on the oral arguments.
