(NewsNation) — A motion requesting that a historical monument displaying the Ten Commandments be displayed at the Indiana Statehouse has been filed by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and Attorney General Todd Rokita.
The motion filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana requested that a federal court remove an injunction that has been in place since 2000, blocking the placement of the monument.
State officials have been prevented from displaying the Ten Commandments, the Bill of Rights and the Preamble to the Indiana Constitution in front of the statehouse. The monument was donated by the Indiana Limestone Institute…