Federal Judge Blocks Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms

[Coventina]

A federal judge in Louisiana blocked a state law on Tuesday that would have required the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. The legislation, passed by state lawmakers this year, has been closely watched, because Louisiana was the first state to enact this kind of mandate in more than 40 years.

The decision was a setback for supporters of the measure, but not an unexpected one: Proponents have braced themselves for pushback and, in many ways, have invited a lengthy legal fight, as part of a larger effort by conservative Christian groups to amplify public expressions of faith.

John W. deGravelles, a U.S. District Court judge appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, found that the law, which was scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, was unconstitutional. He forbade the state from enforcing it.

In his decision, Judge deGravelles wrote that the law was “coercive to students, and, for all practical purposes, they cannot opt out of viewing the Ten Commandments when they are displayed in every classroom, every day of the year, every year of their education.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/louisiana-ten-commandments-ruling.html

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Dear God: Please protect me from your followers. Amen.

[J_William_Ryan]

1. It clearly violates settled, accepted Establishment Clause jurisprudence.

Not that the Trump Court cares about settled, accepted precedent, of course.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Which version is the official gov't approved version? Catholic or Protestant? There are differences.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Good.

For one thing, which version of them should be posted?

And let's also post whatever the equivalents would be for the other monotheistic religions, as well as as many of the non-monotheistic religious as we can.

[kacekwl]

4. How could a judge rule any other way ?

SMH.