Judge blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to display Ten Commandments
Judge called law ‘unconstitutional on its face’ but an appeal would be heard by perhaps most conservative court in USA new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by 1 January has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.The judge said the law was “unconstitutional on its face” – and plaintiffs were likely to win their case with claims that the law violates the US constitution’s first amendment, which bars the government from establishing a religion and guarantees the right to religious freedom. Continue reading...
Judge called law ‘unconstitutional on its face’ but an appeal would be heard by perhaps most conservative court in US
A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by 1 January has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.
The judge said the law was “unconstitutional on its face” – and plaintiffs were likely to win their case with claims that the law violates the US constitution’s first amendment, which bars the government from establishing a religion and guarantees the right to religious freedom. Continue reading...
