Louisiana's law mandating Ten Commandments displays in public schools deemed unconstitutional by 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with judges citing First Amendment violations.

A federal appeals court blocked Louisiana's law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in schools. The law was deemed unconstitutional, violating First Amendment religious rights protections.

The appeals court's rulings "interpret the law for all of Louisiana," Hayes added. "Thus, all school districts must abide by this decision and should not post the Ten Commandments in their ...

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms Law experts have long said they expect the Louisiana case to make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, testing the ...

Louisiana has become the first state to require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom in June 2024 under a new law signed by Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

WE BEGIN AT 4:00 WITH BREAKING NEWS. A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS RULED AGAINST A LOUISIANA LAW REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO DISPLAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. THE COURT DEEMED THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL ...

WE BEGIN AT 4:00 WITH BREAKING NEWS. A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS RULED AGAINST A LOUISIANA LAW REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO DISPLAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. THE COURT DEEMED THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL ...

Last June, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, signed House Bill 71 into law, which mandates that all public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments "on a poster or framed document ...

A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional.

Backers of the law argue that posting the Ten Commandments does not violate the Constitution because the commandments are historical and part of the foundation of U.S. law. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel ...

A federal appeals court on Friday found that a Louisiana law was “plainly unconstitutional” for requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom of the state’s public ...

A conservative-leaning appeals court in Louisiana has blocked the state from enforcing a law mandating the Ten Commandments in every classroom, the first such law of its kind in the United States (AP) ...