Yesterday evening the 5th Circuit reversed a ruling that blocked Louisiana’s new law that put the 10 Commandments back in the classroom.
Not only did the 5th Circuit reverse a lower court ruling, but they also went full en banc and reversed a ruling from one of their own three-judge panels.
Here’s the news via Townhall:
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision that blocked Louisiana’s mandate to hang the 10 Commandments in classrooms.
Louisiana House Bill 71 requires public schools to display the 10 Commandments in every classroom. A group of parents sued to challenge the law. They claimed that the rule is unconstitutional under the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.
A district court granted a preliminary injunction and found the case ripe for a ruling. Another panel affirmed the ruling and the 5th Circuit voted to rehear the case en banc, meaning that all judges on the court hear the case instead of a small panel. It vacated the ruling.
“Because the parents’ challenge turns on unresolved factual and contextual questions, equitable relief was premature, and we VACATE the preliminary injunction,” the ruling reads.
The 5th Circuit of Appeals found that the previous panel ruled incorrectly.