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.
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.
Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in Louisiana classrooms? The Fifth Circuit is hearing the case, with arguments on ...
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 ...
A law requiring the religious text to be displayed in all public classrooms was struck down by a lower court judge in November.
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 ...
The bill would require the Ten Commandments be posted in each classroom in South Dakota's public schools. But it could face ...
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.
The Ten Commandments legislation, which passed last year, was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in November. But Louisiana is appealing the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th ...