A federal appeals court said on June 20 that Louisiana violated the Constitution by requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
The law, known as House Bill 71, mandated that public schools in the state display a framed document or poster with the Ten Commandments in each classroom no later than Jan. 1, 2025. A group of parents sued, alleging violations of the First Amendment.
A federal court later ruled in their favor, and on June 20, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed that decision. The appeals court said that the plaintiffs had shown they would face an irreparable deprivation of their First Amendment rights….