A law requiring the religious text to be displayed in all public classrooms was struck down by a lower court judge in November.
Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in Louisiana classrooms? The Fifth Circuit is hearing the case, with arguments on both constitutional and historical grounds. Here’s what we know.
The state is attempting to reverse a federal judge's November court order granting a preliminary injunction blocking the Jan. 1 implementation of the law, which requires that the Ten Commandments be on display in all Louisiana public school classrooms.
Opponents of Louisiana’s law requiring that all public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments “jumped the gun here and filed an unripe case” an attorney for the state told the Fifth Circuit during oral arguments Thursday.
Louisiana will urge the Fifth Circuit Thursday to lift a preliminary injunction that bars it from enforcing a law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms.
Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people with different religious traditions
Marty Jackley supported the Louisiana law in court, but his spokesman Tony Mangan said he hasn't read the South Dakota bill yet.
Three judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considered arguments Thursday over a state law that requires displays of the Ten Commandments in every Louisiana public school classroom. A group of nine parents,
In this guest column, attorney Kelly Shackelford argues that Louisiana's Ten Commandments law is both constitutional and has historical precedent. Therefore, he argues, the courts should let it stand.
A Republican Senator wants to require every classroom in South Dakota to display the Ten Commandments. Sen. John Carley’s bill passed with a 4-3 vote in a Senate
According to the ACLU, religious symbols are so radioactive that students can’t be anywhere near them,” wrote Joseph Davis, of Becket. “That view is absurd.”