A federal judge’s order that blocks a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays to go up in classrooms doesn’t apply to the school districts that aren’t defending it, a U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled.

On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the law requiring classroom displays of the Ten Commandments by next year is unconstitutional.

State officials are preparing appeals against the entire ruling, but say that in the interim it only affects five school systems — not the other 67.

The Supreme Court’s approach toward religion in schools has been shifting, adding to uncertainty about legislation such as Louisiana’s.

Lawyers for the state of Louisiana are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to immediately block a judge’s ruling ordering education officials to tell all local districts that a law requiring schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional.

Federal appeals court temporarily limits scope of ruling that Louisiana's Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional

A federal judge’s order that blocks a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays to go up in classrooms doesn’t apply to the school districts that aren’t defending it.