A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms is ''unconstitutional on its face," a federal judge ruled Tuesday, ordering state education officials not to take steps to enforce it and to notify all local school boards in the state of his decision.

The judge said the law was "discriminatory and coercive" because it would pressure children in public schools into adopting Louisiana's preferred religious teachings.

A federal judge has ruled Louisiana’s 10 Commandments school display law unconstitutional; AG vows to appeal ahead of Jan. 1 deadline.