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NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana's lawmakers stood up for democracy when they passed, and Gov. Bobby Jindal signed, a new law requiring the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to notify people leaving its supervision about how to regain their voting rights. The law, Act No.
NEW ORLEANS - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana sent a letter urging the Terrebonne Parish School Board not to enact a policy which would require school prayer at high school graduations, and require that only English be included in the ceremony.
The ACLU of Louisiana today expressed its great disappointment with the Louisiana legislature for its support of a bill designed to undermine science education by promoting the teaching of religious doctrine.
NEW ORLEANS - At the invitation of the Alliance Defense Fund, the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana has submitted an amicus "friend of the court" brief at the US Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit. In the case, Netherland v.
NEW ORLEANS - Today, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled against a public school in Tangipahoa Parish that handed out Bibles to 5th graders, saying the school infringed students' religious freedom. On May 9, 2007, the principal at Loranger Middle School invited the
Today Judge Ivan Lemelle ruled that the portrait of Jesus that was installed on the Slidell courthouse wall violated the First Amendment, and awarded nominal damages to the plaintiff who sued to have the image removed. Just prior to the court hearing in September, 2007, the display was altered