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Fifth Circuit finds Freedom from Religion lawsuit against Texas moot

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit finds that the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s First Amendment lawsuit against Texas, centered over its display of a “Bill of Rights” nativity scene on Capitol grounds as a response to a traditional one, is moot. The state no longer allows exhibits whatsoever, so the public forum that the organization had been excluded from no longer exists.

Read the ruling here.

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