Louisiana's Ten Commandments law was back in court this week as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether the law should be allowed to move forward.

A three-judge panel heard oral arguments about a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public classrooms.

A law requiring the religious text to be displayed in all public classrooms was struck down by a lower court judge in November.

Opponents of Louisiana’s law requiring that all public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments “jumped the gun here and filed an unripe case” an attorney for the state told the Fifth Circuit during oral arguments Thursday.

Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in Louisiana classrooms? The Fifth Circuit is hearing the case, with arguments on both constitutional and historical grounds. Here’s what we know.

The state is attempting to reverse a federal judge's November court order granting a preliminary injunction blocking the Jan. 1 implementation of the law, which requires that the Ten Commandments be on display in all Louisiana public school classrooms.

Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people with different religious traditions

Louisiana will urge the Fifth Circuit Thursday to lift a preliminary injunction that bars it from enforcing a law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms.

In this guest column, attorney Kelly Shackelford argues that Louisiana's Ten Commandments law is both constitutional and has historical precedent. Therefore, he argues, the courts should let it stand.

A federal judge pushed back on the constitutionality of a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom during oral arguments Thursday before ...

Louisiana’s hotly contested law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments returns to court Thursday. The stakes are higher than ever. Last fall, when a federal judge declared the ...