Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms
June 20, 2025
A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. The court’s order on Friday comes amid an ongoing legal battle spurred by a lawsuit filed last year by parents of Louisiana school children from various religious backgrounds, who say the law violates First Amendment language guaranteeing religious liberty and forbidding government establishment of religion. Backers of the law argue that posting the Ten Commandments does not violate the Constitution because the commandments are historical and part of the foundation of U.S. law.
