A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

Last fall, a federal judge called the law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments unconstitutional. On Thursday, an appeals court will take up the case.

COMMENTARY: As representatives for the Bayou State prepare for oral argument, they know the Constitution is on their side.

The bill would require the Ten Commandments be posted in each classroom in South Dakota's public schools. But it could face legal challenges.

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.

Why it matters: A controversial new law requiring the display went into effect Jan. 1 for all Louisiana public school students, except those in Orleans, St. Tammany, Vernon, East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes. The latest: Attorney General Liz Murrill issued guidance this week on how schools can comply with the new law.

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

Columnist Will Sutton: "Have you seen school districts and systems rushing to set aside money to fund this mandate?" "Have you heard that there's a groundswell of donors scrambling to donate money for this cause?

The state of Louisiana is having trouble attributing the motivations of the Ten Commandments law to historical significance, pushing aside any educational significance it is meant

A new bill filed in Tennessee and loosely modeled after a Louisiana law currently facing a legal battle would require schools to display the Ten Commandments, a portion of the Declaration of Independence,

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Marty Jackley supported the Louisiana law in court, but his spokesman Tony Mangan said he hasn't read the South Dakota bill yet.