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5th U.S. Circuit Bars Louisiana Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Classrooms

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill plans to challenge the ruling in the full Fifth Circuit with a subsequent appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.

391223 04: A 42-year-old Ten Commandments sculpture is on display in front of city hall June 27, 2001 in Grand Junction, CO.
A copy of the Ten Commandments in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024.
A monument with the Ten Commandments sits on the north side of the Texas capitol, in Austin, Texas, on January 6, 2011.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after justices heard arguments in an appeal by President Joe Biden's administration of restrictions imposed by lower courts on its ability to encourage social media companies to remove content deemed misinformation, in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2024. REUTERS/Bonnie Cash/File Photo

Overview

  • A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court unanimously upheld a November decision that the postings violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
  • The law, signed by Gov. Jeff Landry in June 2024, required 11-by-14-inch posters of the Ten Commandments in every public K-12 and state university classroom without any exemption.
  • Parents from diverse religious backgrounds sued last year, arguing the mandate coerced students into religious observance and singled out non-Christian pupils.
  • Advocacy groups including the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State hailed the ruling as a defense of religious liberty and student inclusion.
  • Attorney General Liz Murrill has said she will seek relief from the full Fifth Circuit and, if that fails, bring the case before the U.S. Supreme Court