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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Appeals court blocks Louisiana’s law mandating Ten Commandments in classrooms

Louisiana’s law requiring a copy of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom poses an unconstitutional threat to the First Amendment, according to a ruling from a conservative federal appeals court.

Friday’s decision from a three-judge panel at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans could tee up yet another major Supreme Court battle over the First Amendment’s firewall between church and state in America’s schools.

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