OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court Thursday ordered a County judge to implement a ruling that said a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds is unconstitutional and must be removed.

The state’s highest court issued a mandate to “take further action as required” by its June 30 decision that said the monument is a religious symbol and must be removed from the Capitol grounds because it violates a state constitutional ban on using public property for the benefit of religion. The 7-2 ruling was reaffirmed last month when the court denied a rehearing sought by Attorney General Scott Pruitt.

The Supreme Court’s decision reversed a ruling by Oklahoma County District Judge Thomas Prince, who ruled last year that the privately-funded monument could stay. Prince scheduled a Sept. 11 hearing to discuss how the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission will comply with the Supreme Court’s order.

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