Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are leading a group of congressional Republicans asking a federal appeals court to uphold a Texas law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in the state’s public schools.

The lawmakers filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, arguing that “plainly, our nation’s history and tradition acknowledge Moses as a lawgiver and the Ten Commandments as a historical foundation of our system of laws.”

The law has been blocked by a U.S. district court judge, Fred Biery, who said it “impermissibly takes sides on theological questions and officially favors Christian denominations over others.”

“The Ten Commandments, adorned both inside and outside the U.S. Supreme Court, served as essential building b

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