Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep ...

An appeals court in New Orleans is weighing whether Louisiana and Texas can require public schools to display the Ten ...

The ACLU argues that a Ten Commandments display in every classroom would have a coercive effect on students. It objects to ...

The full panel of judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could require ...

Challengers to a pair of laws requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools got a chilly reception ...

A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments Tuesday over Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten ...

(CN) — Texas and Louisiana defended the constitutionality of state laws requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a closely watched case centered on Louisiana’s law requiring ...

Judges asked an attorney representing families who oppose the laws if he believes the Declaration of Independence, Martin ...

Challenges to these laws are now working their way through the federal appeals process, with courts set to wade into issues of standing and the litigants with their eyes likely set on the U.S. Supreme ...

A Ten Commandments poster is seen with boxes of others before they were delivered to local public schools in New Braunfels, Texas, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. A federal appeals court appears open to ...