Aubrey Juhasz
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Chris Deere teaches history in New Orleans and is a former Louisiana Teacher of the Year.
His lawyers argue the law violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, because it requires public schools to post a specific version of the text in every classroom.
In his petition, Deer says teaching in the same room would feel to him like proselytizing.
He first sued the state over the law in 2024.
A federal judge dismissed his initial lawsuit as premature, because when he filed it, the law wasn't in effect, so posters hadn't been hung up yet.
The same thing happened to a separate lawsuit by families.
But now the Ten Commandments are on display in many schools.
Parents in Texas asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on its law earlier this month.
Arkansas and Alabama also have similar laws.
For NPR News, I'm Abra Yuhas in New Orleans.
The Fifth Circuit allowed Louisiana's law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom to take effect in February.
Ruling a lawsuit filed by families and civil rights groups was premature because the posters hadn't been displayed yet.
Some districts hung them right away, but others waited, including Jefferson Parish, a New Orleans suburb that enrolls more than 45,000 students.
A spokesperson for the ACLU of Louisiana said they plan to ask the U.S.
Supreme Court to decide if the state's law and a similar one in Texas violate the First Amendment.
For NPR News, I'm Opera Juhasz in New Orleans.
The Fifth Circuit allowed Louisiana's law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom to take effect in February.
Ruling a lawsuit filed by families and civil rights groups was premature because the posters hadn't been displayed yet.
Some districts hung them right away, but others waited, including Jefferson Parish, a New Orleans suburb that enrolls more than 45,000 students.
In July, the district's chief legal counsel told principals to install donated posters before teachers returned to campus.
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