# Texas schools to get more funding for violating the federal constitution **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 24, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687 "2024-11-24T00:04:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687/21 "2025-08-21T08:02:53Z")
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687/22 "2025-08-21T08:44:50Z")
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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687/23 "2025-08-21T09:38:33Z")
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687/24 "2025-08-21T14:03:33Z")
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687/25 "2025-08-27T04:08:10Z")
[Texas to ignore court ruling.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-directs-schools-display-ten-073242983.html) > Aug. 26 (UPI) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton directed schools across the Lone Star State to display the Ten Commandments less than a week after a federal court ruled in favor of 11 school districts that fought against the exhibition of the Decalogue in classrooms. And he justified it with these bullshit talking points. > “From the beginning, the Ten Commandments have been irrevocably intertwined with America’s legal, moral and historical heritage,” Paxton said Monday in [a statement](https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-instructs-texas-schools-display-ten-commandments-accordance-texas-law). > > “The work of radicals seeking to erase our nation’s history will be defeated. I will not back down from defending the virtues and values that built this country.” Does the United States even _have_ a constitution anymore? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-schools-to-get-more-funding-for-violating-the-federal-constitution/1010687.md?page=1)