The Fifth Circuit ruled in Roake v. Brumley that Louisiana may proceed with its Ten Commandments school display law, holding that challenges are premature because no specific display yet exists. The ...

Students work under Ten Commandments and Bill of Rights posters on display in a classroom at Lehman High School in Kyle, ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 12-6 to lift a block that a lower court first placed on the law in 2024. In the opinion released Friday, the court said it was too early to make a judgment ...

A federal appeals court will allow Louisiana to enforce a state law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments ...

A federal appellate court has cleared the way for displays of the Ten Commandments in every Louisiana public school classroom ...

An appeals court said that it's too early to determine the constitutionality of a law that requires schools to display the Ten Commandments.

There has been pressure from Republicans, including Donald Trump, to incorporate religion into public school classrooms, but it has prompted legal challenges on constitutional grounds.

Last Tuesday, the full, 17-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard consolidated oral arguments in a crucial case that is all but guaranteed to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ...

An appeals court in New Orleans is weighing whether Louisiana and Texas can require public schools to display the Ten Commandments following a hearing this week. No action was taken on Tuesday, ...

The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in lawsuits brought against Louisiana and Texas after their respective legislatures passed bills requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed ...

Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc heard consolidated challenges to Louisiana and Texas laws requiring display of a ...

Judges on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals focused on the constitutionality of displaying historical texts in schools as they weighed state laws in Texas and Louisiana that mandate the display ...