Lawyers for the state of Louisiana are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to immediately block a judge’s ruling ordering education officials to tell all local districts that a law requiring schools to post the Ten Commandments in...

A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom was temporarily blocked Tuesday by a federal judge who said the law is

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

The ruling is probably the first in what could be a long legal fight for conservative Christian groups hoping to amplify public expressions of faith.

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

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

A law that would require Louisiana classrooms to display the Bible's Ten Commandments had the support of former President Donald Trump when it passed in June.