Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana won’t take official steps to implement a law requiring the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms until at least November as a lawsuit makes its way through the courts, according to an agreement approved by a feder…
The legal challenge to the law came soon after it was signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican who succeeded two-term Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in January.
Lester Duhle, a spokesman for Louisiana Attorney General Liz Merrill, said officials “agreed to not take public-facing compliance measures until November 15” so they can prepare briefs, arguments, and get a ruling.
The law, which was signed by Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) last month, prompted a group of parents to file a lawsuit on the basis of the law’s constitutionality.
Under an agreement approved by a federal judge, Louisiana has to hold off on posting the Ten Commandments in some schools while the law is challenged in court.
