A federal judge has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring posters of the 10 Commandments to be placed in Louisiana schools is ...
Louisiana law that requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms deemed unconstitutional - Federal judge ...
The Louisiana Legislature approved House Bill No. 71, or Act 676, which requires all classrooms to hang a poster of the Ten Commandments in large, legible print ... and the Free Exercise Clause ...
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, who is Catholic, signed the legislation earlier this year. It requires that the Ten Commandments be displayed on a poster or framed document that is at least 11 inches ...
A coalition of state residents had sued the Louisiana government earlier this year to block the state rule, arguing the displays would run afoul of the First Amendment.
(AP) — A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments ... or blocking the free exercise of religion. They had argued that the poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments would isolate ...
In Tuesday’s ruling, deGravelles said the law has an “overtly religious” purpose and rejected state officials’ claims that the government can mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments ...
The Ten Commandments etched in stone are on display June 22, 2024, outside St. Thomas More Church in Kansas City, Mo. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley) Louisiana's law requiring public schools to display ...
U.S. District Judge John deGravelles ruled that a law ordering schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms was ...