Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments To Be Displayed in Every Public Classroom To Face Appeals Court Test

The expected First Amendment fallout over the state’s new law — after the governor said he couldn’t ‘wait to be sued’ over it — is fully underway.

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Students rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to support the Ten Commandments in 2005. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Arguments over Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom are set for January, as a debate is ramping up around the country about the role religion can play in taxpayer-funded schools.

The Fifth Circuit Court this week kept in place a district court’s order halting the state from forcing every public classroom to display the Ten Commandments, while also expediting oral arguments for January 23. 

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