Alternet: “A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that found Louisiana’s law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms to be unconstitutional, marking a significant setback for the state’s efforts to enforce the controversial measure.
In a 3-0 decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a previous district court ruling that the statute violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits government endorsement of religion.
“Parents and students challenge a statute requiring public schools to permanently display the Ten Commandments in every classroom in Louisiana,” the court wrote in its opinion. “The district court found the statute facially unconstitutional and preliminarily enjoined its enforcement. We affirm.””