Challenge to requirement for Louisiana classrooms to display Ten Commandments

A copy of the Ten Commandments (John Bazemore/AP)

Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.

Opponents of the measure, which was signed into law by Republican governor Jeff Landry last week, had long warned of an impending lawsuit to fight the legislation that they say is unconstitutional.