Federal Judge Rules Against Louisiana Mandate for Ten Commandments in Classrooms

A federal judge has blocked a Louisiana law mandating that public K-12 schools and state-funded university classrooms display the Ten Commandments, ruling the requirement unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday, stating that the law’s overtly religious intent conflicted with the First Amendment’s prohibition on government establishment of religion.

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