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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hannah Schoenbaum and Rebecca Boone

Court paves way for law requiring schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms

An appeals court has cleared the path for a controversial Louisiana law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, voted 12-6 to overturn a previous injunction that had halted the law’s implementation. In its opinion, released Friday, the court said it was premature to rule on the legislation’s constitutionality.

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