Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit to block Louisiana's new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, requires all public K-12 classrooms and state-funded universities to display a poster-sized version of the Ten Commandments in large, easily readable font by next year.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include parents of Louisiana public school children with various religious backgrounds, represented by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and the law firm Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett.
