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ACLU-LA Executive Director Alanah Odoms discusses the historical context and political motivations behind Louisiana's new Ten Commandments law with MSNBC's Alex Wagner and renowned religious scholar Anthea Butler.

A new law approved in Louisiana on Wednesday will require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms beginning in 2025, according to the Associated Press, a move likely to draw immediate legal challenges.

ACLU-LA Executive Director Alanah Odoms discusses the coming lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation with NBC's Peter Alexander.

The ACLU has threatened suit over a law they contend is "blatantly unconstitutional."

Upon Governor Jeff Landry’s signature of the Ten Commandments bill requiring them to be posted in every public school classroom, Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana Alanah Odoms said they are filing a lawsuit.

A law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday makes the state the only one with such a mandate. Critics have vowed to mount a constitutional challenge.

Last week the Webster Parish School District agreed that it would no longer subject students to school-sponsored Christian prayer, proselytizing, and other religious rituals.

We’re suing the Webster Parish School District in Louisiana to put an end to its constitutional violations.

In a victory for religious freedom, the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and ruled that the state Department of Corrections’ (DOC) prohibition on dreadlocks violated the rights of their client, Christopher Ware.