Nine parents of public schoolchildren in Arkansas secured an injunction against a state law that would have required public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library. A federal judge called the law “obviously unconstitutional,

A federal judge on Monday blocked a new Arkansas law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments in four of the state's school districts. The judge's ruling comes after a lawsuit was filed that argues the measure violates the Constitution's separation of church and state.

A federal judge said Arkansas was part of a "coordinated strategy" by some states to increase Christian influence in public schools.