Civil rights groups have sent a letter to public school districts warning them not to post the Ten Commandments in their classroom despite a law that will go into effect on January first requiring them to do so. A federal judge has ruled the law is unconstitutional, but Attorney General Liz Murrill argues that order only applies to five school districts that are named in the lawsuit. The five school districts are East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Orleans, St. Tammany and Vernon.
The state has appealed the lower court’s ruling and a federal appeals court will hear arguments on January 23rd. But ACLU of Louisiana executive director Alanah Odoms believes it’s clear the state’s Ten Commandments Law violates the separation of church and state…
Cut 8 (15) “….that it’s unconstitutional”
But Murrill says the Ten Commandments law is clearly constitutional.
A government shutdown is possible, if Congress can not come to an agreement on how to fund federal operations for at least the next three months. New Orleans Democratic Congressman Troy Carter says he thought there was a bipartisan, bicameral deal – until one man who’s not even in Congress threw everything into turmoil.
But Baton Rouge Republican Congressman Garret Graves says that’s not the complete story.
Meanwhile a record 119-million Americans plan to travel between now and through the New Year’s holiday. AAA spokesperson Don Redman says travel this year has surpassed pre-pandemic numbers…
Cut 4 (11) “…set in 2019”