A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional. Louisiana has become the first state to require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom in June 2024,

A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state's public school classrooms is unconstitutional.

The court unanimously ruled that the state cannot require schools and universities to display the Commandments.