Ten Commandments, Louisiana and Fifth Circuit
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Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill said they were confident that the law, which requires public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, would stand, despite arguments that it violates the First Amendment.
The fight over posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms returned to court Jan. 20 when the full 17-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in two cases challenging new laws in Louisiana and Texas. The court heard two hours of debate without rendering a decision.
ON OUR FREE MOBILE APP. WELL, NEW DETAILS AT FOUR. LOUISIANA’S CONTROVERSIAL TEN COMMANDMENTS LAW. AS A FEDERAL JUDGE IS NOW BLOCKING THE LATEST RULING. AS YOU KNOW, FRIDAY, A THREE JUDGE PANEL ON THE FIFTH CIRCUIT DEEMED THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Earlier this summer, Republican Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law a requirement that all public classrooms display the Ten Commandments. Broadly similar laws are moving through legislatures and courts in a variety of other states – as they ...
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill in a case concerning the implementation of a state law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. The court granted Murrill's motion to block a ...
ON OUR FREE MOBILE APP. WELL, NEW DETAILS AT FOUR. LOUISIANA’S CONTROVERSIAL TEN COMMANDMENTS LAW. AS A FEDERAL JUDGE IS NOW BLOCKING THE LATEST RULING. AS YOU KNOW, FRIDAY, A THREE JUDGE PANEL ON THE FIFTH CIRCUIT DEEMED THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — On Thursday, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a ...
A federal appeals court decision blocking Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law has been paused, creating an opening for the full court to rehear the high-stakes case. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the law ...
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