H ow many of you know that I’m suing the state of Louisiana?” teacher Chris Dier asks his AP U.S. history class. Twenty-two hands shoot up in the air — all but one student have heard the news about Dier’s lawsuit. Most had seen the Times-Picayune article two weeks earlier …
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A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked a controversial state law that would’ve required the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, from elementary school through college. Judge John W. deGravelles (who was appointed by Barack Obama) ruled that the law was unconstitutional and barred the state …
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On Monday, Louisiana’s controversial Ten Commandments law had its first hearing in federal court in Baton Rouge. The law, which was signed by Gov. Jeff Landry (R) in June, would require the Ten Commandments be displayed on posters in every one of the state’s classrooms, including K-12 public schools, and …
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This summer, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill unveiled a series of sample posters that teachers could put up in order to fulfill the state’s new requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all classrooms — calling the posters “plainly constitutional.” Her office has asked a federal judge to throw …
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J EFF LANDRY AND DONALD TRUMP JR. kept their eyes peeled for a bumpy, thin snout as their guide navigated a silver mudboat. It was a September morning in 2018, and Trump Jr. had brought his new girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, to the Louisiana attorney general’s annual alligator-hunt fundraiser. Trump met …
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While defending Louisiana’s controversial new legislation requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in all classrooms, including K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill on Monday unveiled sample posters that feature liberal icons, including the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Hamilton …
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