Erik Ortiz is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on racial injustice and social inequality.
Nine Louisiana families filed a federal lawsuit Monday against their state's education department and their local school boards challenging the constitutionality of a radical new law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. The lawsuit was unveiled less than a week after Louisiana's Gov.
Landry, a conservative Republican, said at the bill signing ceremony Wednesday that the state would fight off any legal challenges. “If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses,” Landry declared. Landry also has the backing of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who wrote on his social media platform Friday that the entire country should follow Louisiana’s lead in allowing the Ten Commandments in public schools.
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