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Appeals court sides with Louisiana on Ten Commandments in schools

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday in favor of a Louisiana law that says the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom.  

The appeals court said a preliminary lower court injunction against the law, which was challenged on free speech grounds, was premature since the displays never went up in classrooms. 

The court said that since the Ten Commandments are religiously and historically significant, the “dual character forecloses any categorical rule against their display on public property.” 

The ruling said the court needs concrete evidence of how the posters are displayed or used before making a decision against the law.

“The parents (and the principal dissent) seek to sidestep this difficulty by framing the case as an attack on H.B. 71’s minimum requirements alone. But an unripe challenge does not become ripe merely because a party asserts that the challenged action would be unlawful on any conceivable set of facts. The Supreme Court has squarely rejected that approach,” the ruling reads.  

However, the court added that once the displays are up this “narrow ruling” does not prohibit another challenge to the law “once the statute is implemented and a concrete factual record exists.” 

While the court has heard arguments for the Ten Commandment laws in Louisiana and Texas, the ruling today only applies to the Louisiana statute.  

“Don’t kill or steal shouldn’t be controversial. My office has issued clear guidance to our public schools on how to comply with the law, and we have created multiple examples of posters demonstrating how it can be applied constitutionally. Louisiana public schools should follow the law,” state Attorney General Liz Murrill said after the ruling.  

The organizations challenging the law, including the American Civil Liberties Union, called the ruling “extremely disappointing.” 

“Today’s ruling is extremely disappointing and would unnecessarily force Louisiana’s public school families into a game of constitutional whack-a-mole in every school district. Longstanding judicial precedent makes clear that our clients need not submit to the very harms they are seeking to prevent before taking legal action to protect their rights. But this fight isn’t over. We will continue fighting for the religious freedom of Louisiana’s families,” the groups wrote.  

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