Jon Youngwood, global co-chair of Simpson Thacher’s litigation department, said the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that struck down a state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms “rests upon the wisdom of the First Amendment and the protections it affords regarding the separation of church and state.”
Jon Youngwood, global co-chair of Simpson Thacher’s litigation department, said the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that struck down a state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms “rests upon the wisdom of the First Amendment and the protections it affords regarding the separation of church and state.”
