FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has filed a notice stating he intends to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools is unconstitutional.
Griffin officially filed his notice of appeal on April 14. The appeal will go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
Families of students who attend schools in the Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville and Siloam Springs school districts filed a lawsuit against them in June over Act 573, which required all public schools to prominently display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Conway and Lakeside school districts were added as defendants later that year.
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In March, U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks tossed the lawsuit and declared the law unconstitutional. Brooks said in a 26-page order that Act 573 “violates the First Amendment Establishment Clause rights of Arkansans as a matter of law.”…