A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a Louisiana law requiring public school districts to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms, calling it unconstitutional. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit wrote in its ruling that if the law were allowed to stand, “impressionable students will confront a display of the Ten Commandments for nearly every hour of every school day of their public school education in the course of their regular activities.”

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed the bill in June 2024, prompting vows from critics to challenge what they called an unconstitutional law.

“And I can’t wait to be sued,” Landry said at a GOP fundraiser in response, the Tennessean reported at the time.

Neither Landry nor Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R) immediately responded to a request for comment from The Washington Post on Friday. Murrill told NOLA.com that she and her team “strongly disagree” with the ruling and believe it only applies to five school districts where the plaintiffs’ children attend school.

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“We will immediately seek relief from the full Fifth Circuit and, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court,” Murrill told NOLA.com.