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Louisiana public schools got the green light Friday to begin posting the Ten Commandments in every classroom after the full U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the preliminary injunction that had been blocking the state’s law.
The en banc ruling, meaning all active judges on the court weighed in rather than a three-judge panel, tossed the injunction that the ACLU had won at the district court level. The majority held that legal challenges to House Bill 71 were premature because how individual school districts display the Commandments hasn’t been determined yet, making it impossible to properly evaluate the constitutional questions.
Attorney General Liz Murrill, who has been defending the law in court, welcomed the decision.
“Don’t kill or steal shouldn’t be controversial,” Murrill said. “My office has issued clear guidance to our public schools on how to comply with the law, and we have created multiple examples of posters demonstrating how it can be applied constitutionally. Louisiana public schools should follow the law.”
What HB 71 Requires
Louisiana’s HB 71 requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom on a poster or framed document at least 11 inches by 14 inches. The text must be the central focus of the display and printed in a large, easily readable font. The law also requires a “context statement” describing the historical role of the Ten Commandments in American public education.
Schools may optionally display other foundational documents alongside the Ten Commandments, including the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, and the Northwest Ordinance; however, these additions are not required. The law took effect at the start of 2025, at which point Murrill issued compliance guidance and model poster examples to schools across the state.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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