Louisiana’s law requiring teachers to post the Ten Commandments in their classrooms is facing another challenge.
Christopher Dier, Louisiana’s Teacher of the Year in 2020, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the law. The lawsuit names Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as the defendant.
The petition asks the court to determine if the House Bill 71, passed by the Louisiana Legislature in 2025, “violates the Establishment Clause” of the First Amendment, which prohibits governments in the United States from “respecting an establishment of religion.” The petition also asks the court to determine if Dier’s challenge is ripe. That question stems from a February ruling by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans allowing the Louisiana law to stand because a previous challenge to the law was “premature” and could not be ruled upon until the law took effect…