Louisiana AG says they are filing brief in Ten Commandments case
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is holding a news conference about the Ten Commandments law at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5.
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said, "the purpose of this press conference was to discuss the fact that we are filing our brief today in the Ten Commandments litigation that was filed against the state law."
AG Murrill made this announcement at a new conference on Monday, Aug. 5.
She talked about posters in room where the press conference was held at the Louisiana Department of Justice on North 3rd Street.
Murrill said, "each one of these posters illustrates something that we believe represents a constitutional application of the law."
She said that they "explain in the brief, the lawsuit is premature and the plaintiffs cannot prove that they have any actual injury."
"Because this lawsuit is all based on hypothetical facts, the court can't decide the case yet, so we've asked the court to dismiss the case on that basis in our brief," said Murrill.
The attorney general of Louisiana showed an example of the legal size of the poster. She said that the "posters will be donated if they are produced."
AG Murrill said that the law has not been blocked or paused and the "compliance date for the law is January 2025 and that has not changed."
"We believe that there are numerous ways that this law can be applied constitutionally and that create really really powerful teaching moments for students in our schools," said Murrill.
Gov. Jeff Landry joined AG Murrill at the news conference and he talked about how eight years ago, a painting with Moses in it was put in the building where the news conference was held and it was titled, "Justice for All."
Landry then spoke about the new law. He said, "I believe the legislature was only following the will of the people of the state."
Landry signed the new law on June 19, 2024, which requires that every public school classroom have the Ten Commandments displayed in it.
A lawsuit was filed against the new Ten Commandments law.
An agreement was made to wait on putting the posters up in classrooms. A Nov. 15 date was agreed upon as the implementation date while the court looks at the case.
Gov. Landry said if the Ten Commandments had been in Thomas Matthew Crooks' classroom, it might have kept him from shooting at former President Donald Trump.