Judge Blocks Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law

The Associated Press reports:

A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday by a federal judge who said the law is “unconstitutional on its face.”

U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles in Baton Rouge said the law had an “overtly religious” purpose, and rejected state officials’ claims that the government can mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments because they hold historical significance to the foundation of U.S. law.

In granting a preliminary injunction, DeGravelles said opponents of the law are likely to win their ongoing lawsuit against the law. The lawsuit argues that the law violates the First Amendment’s provisions forbidding the government from establishing a religion or blocking the free exercise of religion.

Read the full article. The judge is an Obama appointee. Photo: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who earlier this year said he “can’t wait to be sued” over the law.

A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction, according to the Associated Press>>https://t.co/jGSkHIIU5o pic.twitter.com/1OebQBcin7

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