A federal judge has struck down a controversial Arkansas law that mandates schools to display the Ten Commandments. The ruling comes after families challenged the law as a violation of the First Amendment, arguing it forced religious instruction on students and undermined parents' rights to guide their children's religious upbringing.

A decades-old Ten Commandments monument is back at Kentucky's Capitol after lawmakers ordered its return. A federal appeals court cleared the way Friday for a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, lifting a lower court block and reigniting debate over religion in public education.