With regulations requiring the screen of the Ten Commandments in public universities, politicians across the nation are following Louisiana’s example. Election officials from Texas to Pennsylvania appear unaffected by the fact that the law passed in Louisiana last month never became laws. I’m guessing they are aware that it’s only a matter of moment before Louisiana wins in court battles to defend the government’s validity.  ,  ,
In my collaboration with professor Mark David Hall, a professor of lawful history, we’ve demonstrated that such displays are constitutional despite a widely dissented understanding of the role that Christianity played in our founding and decades of subpar Supreme Court decisions. This is a lesson that the ACLU and others who have challenged Louisiana law are likely to learn quickly.  ,
Although the founders were unwaveringly opposed to the government imposing church, they did believe that religion, particularly Christianity, was very important to the country’s foundation. They grasped the concept that people were made in the image of God and given integrity. And if people have integrity, they must have right to safeguard that respect. The numerous rights that were included for all residents at the founding of the republic are based on this spiritual ideas.  ,
People had to use those rights properly, according to the founders, who also believed that in order for the American experiment to succeed. They had be spiritual, to put it plainly. In his Farewell Address, George Washington declared that “religion and conscience are unavoidable supports” of all the dispositions and practices that contribute to social prosperity. You must have a spiritual individuals, that is, a religious persons, for a republican form of government to function.  ,
You might be wondering what Thomas Jefferson was like. He is regarded as the epitome of the “wall of parting between Church & State,” according to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802, who was infamous for informing the organization in 1802.
The letter from Jefferson’s letter was intended to convince the Baptist church that faith would not be tolerated in government activities. He did not believe that the government was completely barred from practicing faith by the Constitution. For example, he invited his fellow Americans to join him in meditation while serving as governor of Virginia. Additionally, Jefferson authorized religion service in the Treasury Department and the War Department. Therefore, Jefferson didn’t behave as though there were a wall of separation between the church and the state in his own social life.  ,  ,
One thing is to acknowledge the significance of church in America. Does the Ten Commandments ‘ show in public schools, however, go too far?  ,
In Washington, D.C., there are all kinds of structures with scriptural prints, including the Supreme Court tower. No one has ever viewed those as a form of faith. Additionally, there is a long history and tradition of putting up Ten Commandments landmarks on public property.  ,
However, the Supreme Court significantly altered how the judges view the establishment clause in the 1970s. The Supreme Court created a new test for authorities to use when reported creation section violations are brought up in the 1971 event Lemon v. Kurtzman. The jury advised lower courts to examine whether the rules “has a genuine liberal function, does not have the main effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion, and does not end in an extreme entanglement of government and religion,” as Justia remarked.
The judges believed that the Lemon check may help to solve the issue of the establishment clause. It accomplished the exact same.  ,
After Lemon, a wide range of issues were held democratic and legal. A public college district was told by the court that while it don’t give maps to a secret religious school, it was lend them textbooks with maps. The state may provide funding for private Catholic institutions for bussing students, but it couldn’t provide funding for children’s field trips to private religious schools. In Stone v. Graham, a Supreme Court decision from 1980, the Lemon check was also used. A Kentucky legislation that required a stand-alone display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms was overturned it.  ,
The Supreme Court has consistently overturned the Lemon check over the past ten years. The court ruled that the 32-foot Latin fly World War I memorial that stands on public property in Maryland, Bladensburg Cross, did not violate the creation section in American Legion v. American Humanist Association. Justice Samuel Alito also claimed that one of the bases of our legal system is the Ten Commandments, which is based on history. The Supreme Court upheld a public school sports team’s straight to pray privately after matches three years later in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The” ahistorical” Lemon test was rejected by Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion.  ,
soon after Gov. The American Civil Liberties Union sued to stop the Ten Commandments from being displayed in schools after Jeff Landry signed the Louisiana rules. It claimed that some people may be unconstitutionally exposed to a church they don’t believe in because the Ten Commandments are not a part of British law. The condition filed an appeal with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals a few months later after a federal prosecutor rendered a ruling in favor of the ACLU. With the appealing court, Professor Hall and I filed an amicus brief in support of Louisiana.  ,
We may anticipate the United States Supreme Court to hear the case in Louisiana regardless of the Fifth Circuit’s decision. Additionally, we may anticipate more states to enact similar legislation to Louisiana’s. Given that the Supreme Court’s refusal of the Lemon check and its numerous decisions supporting people religious displays, it is time to reaffirm unwaveringly that the Ten Commandments are most definitely legal.  ,
The Conscience Project is led by Andrea Picciotti-Bayer. She is a mother of 10 and a Stanford-educated attorney. She often appears in Catholic and liberal media to discuss spiritual freedom debates and to offer her legitimate expertise when discussing administrative matters.
