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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in a case challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law. In this file photo, light streams across the face of the Ten Commandments memorial in the lobby of the rotunda of the State Judicial Building in Montgomery, Ala. Judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asked pointed questions Thursday about Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments, as the state appealed a lower court ruling that declared the law unconstitutional. Judge Catharina Haynes asked during oral arguments how the biblical text could be displayed in every public K-12 school and college classroom, as the law requires, in a way that does not violate students’ First Amendment right to religious freedom. She also questioned the law’s purpose. “I’m respectful of the Ten Commandments and I think everybody is,” said Haynes, who was appointed by President George W. Bush and was part of a three-judge panel that heard the case. “But that doesn’t mean it has to be put in every classroom in a state under the First Amendment.” Later, Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez asked the attorney representing Louisiana if any courts have ruled in […]