A North Dakota statute requiring the posting of “the Ten Commandments of the Christian religion” in every public school classroom in North Dakota has been ruled unconstitutional by Chief Judge Paul Benson of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. The ruling was issued in the case of Ring v. Grand Forks Public School District, a challenge brought by four residents of Grand Forks, three of whom had children attending public schools in the district. The American Jewish Congress, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of itself, the Synagogue Council of America and the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, hailed the ruling.
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