A federal judge on Monday decided to halt an Arkansas law that mandated the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, barring four of the state’s largest school districts from following the new law,

A federal judge blocked an Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in schools. The law is one of three being challenged nationwide.

A new Arkansas law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments can't be enforced in a handful of the state's largest school districts, a federal judge ruled Monday.