Louisiana 10 Commandments Law to Stay Blocked During Appeal (2)

Louisiana lost its bid to pause a trial court order barring it from enforcing a state law that requires the display of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms.

The New Orleans-based US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the state’s request on Wednesday in a two-paragraph ruling, without taking argument on the request. The American Civil Liberties Union’s brief in opposition to the stay request was due on Nov. 25.

The unsigned order stated it was issued by clerk Lyle W. Cayce “at the direction of the court.”

“It is important to recognize that this is a preliminary ...