A three judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court’s ruling that Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom is unconstitutional. Loyola University New Orleans law professor Dane Ciolino says the ruling was not unexpected.
Cut 10 (15) “…the First Amendment.”
Attorney General Liz Murrill says she strongly disagrees with the panel’s ruling and will seek immediate relief from the full Fifth Circuit and, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court.
Summer has officially begun, and LSU public health climatologist Barry Keim says get ready for a lot of heat and humidity. Keim says the climate prediction center is forecasting a warmer and wetter summer than normal for Louisiana.
Cut 12 (09) “…for the summer.”
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LSU is two more wins away from another national championship in baseball. The Tigers will begin a best out of three championship on Saturday night against Coastal Carolina. Right fielder Jake Brown from Sulphur says they have been preparing for this moment since August…
The LSU baseball Tigers aren’t the only ones taking Omaha by storm this week. A 30-foot tiger sculpture on a flatbed trailer affectionately named Mardi Gras Mike has been the talk of the town. Barry Kern, the president and CEO of Kern Studios, which created Mardi Gras Mike, says they’ve been taking him all over the city all week long.