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.

Just because the biblical text is important "doesn't mean it has to be put in every classroom," a judge said during a hearing in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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.

Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in Louisiana classrooms? The Fifth Circuit is hearing the case, with arguments on ...

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

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 ...

Louisiana’s Ten Commandment law is back in court as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered arguments on if the law should be allowed to move forward.

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

Louisiana will urge the Fifth Circuit Thursday to lift a preliminary injunction that bars it from enforcing a law requiring ...

Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one ...

Following Louisiana last year, lawmakers in other states, including North and South Dakota, Oklahoma and Tennessee have introduced Ten Commandments bills for their legislatures this year.