Update: Judge blocks Louisiana from enforcing Ten Commandments law

State’s attorney general promises to take case to Fifth Circuit Appeals Court

In a approving a bill requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, Louisiana lawmakers cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing this monument near the Texas Capitol. Image adapted from Texas Attorney General photo.

A challenge to Louisiana’s House Bill 71, which requires that an abridged version of the Ten Commandments be prominently p…