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5th Circuit questions whether Ten Commandments displays in Louisiana classrooms establish a religion

The case could hinge on whether the law violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits governments from endorsing a specific religion.

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Fifth Circuit weighs constitutionality of Ten Commandments in Texas and Louisiana classrooms

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Fifth Circuit hears Louisiana, Texas 10th Amendment arguments

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Fifth Circuit reviews Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law championed by Jeff Landry

A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in a closely watched case centered on Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments, which could have national implications for ...

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Justices have questions for challengers of Ten Commandments law

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reviews Louisiana's Ten Commandments law

Education Week

Full Appeals Court Signals Openness to Ten Commandments Classroom Laws

A Ten Commandments poster is seen with boxes of others before they were delivered to local public schools in New Braunfels, Texas, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. A federal appeals court appears open to reviving blocked Ten Commandments school laws in Louisiana and Texas.

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Texas defends law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments. Here’s what to know.

A federal appeals court heard arguments in lawsuits seeking to block Texas and Louisiana from requiring classroom displays of the Ten Commandments.

Texas Schools Wait as Law on Ten Commandments Reaches Appeals Court

A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality.

Houston Public Media

New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom

Visitors walk past a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the Capitol, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Austin, Texas. AUSTIN — Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the ...

Townhall

Posting the Ten Commandments Does Not Establish a Religion

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott served as his state's attorney general in 2005, he appeared before the Supreme Court to argue Van Orden v. Perry. The question was whether a monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments that had stood on the grounds of the Texas ...

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3 states seek to put Ten Commandments back in school, with push from Supreme Court | The Conversation

As disputes rage on over religion’s place in public schools, the Ten Commandments have become a focal point. At least a dozen states have considered proposals that would require classrooms to post the biblical laws, and three passed laws mandating ...

WDSU

Louisiana Ten Commandments ruling blocked ahead of possible review

ON OUR FREE MOBILE APP. WELL, NEW DETAILS AT FOUR. LOUISIANA’S CONTROVERSIAL TEN COMMANDMENTS LAW. AS A FEDERAL JUDGE IS NOW BLOCKING THE LATEST RULING. AS YOU KNOW, FRIDAY, A THREE JUDGE PANEL ON THE FIFTH CIRCUIT DEEMED THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

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Did the Ten Commandments really shape U.S. law? Legal experts weigh in on Texas classroom display fight.

The polarizing court battle over Texas' Ten Commandments display law has reignited the debate over religion in public schools. Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office is defending the requirement, made his case clear: The commandments are integral to the ...

Houston Public Media

As appeals court is poised to consider Texas’ Ten Commandments law, other legal challenges mount

A sculpture with the Ten Commandments is pictured on the Texas Capitol grounds on Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Austin. More legal battles are brewing over Texas’ requirement that schools display posters of the Ten Commandments, as a federal appeals court ...