‘We Dissent’ teaches lesson about why Ten Commandments have not entered schools

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The latest episode of the “We Dissent” podcast takes a look at the long history of how Ten Commandments displays have been kept out of public schools.

On Episode 47, FFRF Deputy Legal Director Liz Cavell and Americans United Legal Director Rebecca Markert break down the strong history of courts rejecting government attempts to display the Ten Commandments in schools. They explain the seminal 1980 case Stone v. Graham, the Supreme Court cases that have since reinforced that precedent, and the growing number of states passing blatantly unconstitutional laws that force public schools to display the Ten Commandments.

“We Dissent,” which first aired in May 2022, is a legal affairs show for atheists, agnostics and humanists, offering legal wisdom from the secular viewpoint of women lawyers. The show is a collaboration of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and Americans United.

Find previous episodes here, which examine developments affecting the separation of church and state, particularly in the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts. Past episodes include discussions about court reform, religion behind bars and abortion, and also feature a range of expert guests.

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