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.

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court heard arguments on Tuesday over a new state law in Texas that requires the Ten Commandments to be prominently displayed in every public school classroom. All 17 ...

A Ten Commandments poster that hangs in one suburban Dallas teacher’s classroom is surrounded by hot-pink placards featuring tenets from Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. A substitute teacher north of ...

David Vela has been planning to start a Fencing program from years and now he’s officially working through his certification to teach it. Read full article: 9 years ago today multiple tornadoes ...

The polarizing court battle over Texas’ Ten Commandments display law has reignited the debate over religion in public schools. Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office is defending the requirement, ...

The culture of inclusivity at Alief Early College High School is part of the daily routine rising senior Azeemah Sadiq attributes to changing her life for the better. As a Muslim student, she has ...

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A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality. On Tuesday, the 17 active ...