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Federal Appeals Court Rules Louisiana Ten Commandments School Law Unconstitutional

Attorney General Liz Murrill will ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision on Gov. Landry’s mandate.

A copy of the Ten Commandments in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024.
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
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Overview

  • A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously held that the classroom posting requirement violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
  • The June 2024 law mandated 11-by-14-inch posters of the Ten Commandments with a state-written context statement in every public K-12 and state-funded university classroom.
  • Parents representing Christian, Jewish, Unitarian Universalist and nonreligious backgrounds filed suit after the law was blocked by a federal district court in November.
  • Civil liberties organizations including the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom from Religion Foundation supported the plaintiffs’ challenge.
  • Legal experts expect the dispute to reach the Supreme Court, where the conservative majority could shape future limits on religious displays in public schools.