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United States Supreme Court If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Psalm 11:3 Lately, there has been a lot news coverage concerning the United States Supreme Court and the important roles played by the Supreme Court Justices. In light of the political spin and historical ignorance displayed by the media many, I decide to take this opportunity to share a refreshing look at the unique history of the United States Supreme Court and the biblical principles it was founded upon. The following information, unless noted, has been taken from William J. Fender’s America’s God and County; Encyclopedia of Quotations. United States Supreme Court 1789, was “ordained and established” by the Judiciary as act of congress. Originally consisting of 6 justices, it has since been increased to 9. The Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., designed by Cass Gilbert, was completed in 1935. Engraved in stone above the head of the Chief Justice are the Ten Commandments with the great American eagle protecting them. Moses is included among the great lawgivers in Herman A. Mac Neil’s marble-sculpture relief on the East Portico. At the beginning of each session of the court, as the Justices stand before their desks, the crier opens with the invocation: God save the United States and this Honorable Court.1 United States Supreme Court 1844, in the case of Vidal v. Girard’sExecutors, 43 U.S. 126, 132, Justice Joseph Story delivered the courts opinion. The case concerned one Stephen Girard, a deist from France, who had moved to Philadelphia and later died. In his will he left his entire estate, valued at over $7 million, to establish an orphanage and school, with the stipulation that no religious influence be allowed. The city rejected the proposal, as their layers declared: The plan of education proposed is anti-Christian, and therefore repugnant to the law…The purest principles of morality are to be taught. Where are they found? Whoever searches for them must go to the source from which a Christian man derives his faith – the Bible…There is an obligation to teach what the Bible alone can teach, viz. a pure system of morality… Both in the Old and New Testaments (religious instruction’s) importance is recognized. In the Old it is said, “Thou shalt diligently teach them to thy children,” and the New, “Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not…” No fault can be found with Girard for wishing a marble college to bear his name forever, but it is not valuable unless it has a fragrance of Christianity about it.2 The United States Supreme Court rendered its unanimous opinion, stating: Christianity…is not to be maliciously and openly reviled and blasphemed against, to the annoyance of believers or the injury of the public…It is unnecessary for us, however, to consider the establishment of a school or college, for the propagation of…Deism, or any other form of infidelity. Such a case is not to be presumed to exist in a Christian country…Why may not laymen instruct in the general principles of Christianity as well as ecclesiastics… And we cannot overlook the blessing, which such (lay)men by their conduct, as well as their instructions, may, nay must impart to their youthful pupils. Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament, without note or comment, be read and taught as a divine revelation in the (school) – its general precepts expounded, its evidences explained and its glorious principles of morality inculcated?... Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?3 It is also said, and truly, that the Christian religion is part of the common law of Pennsylvania….4 Editor’s note: Below is a definition of Deism as transcribed from the 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster.
United States Supreme Court February 29, 1892, in the case of Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 Us 457-458, 465-471, 36L ed 226, Justice Josiah Brewer rendered the high court’s decision: No purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any legislation, state or national, because this is a religious people. This is historically true. From the discovery of this continent to the present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation. The commission to Christopher Columbus…(recited) that “it is hoped that by God’s assistance some of the continents and islands in the ocean will be discovered…” The first colonial grant made to Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 … and the grant authorizing him to enact statues for the government of the proposed colony provided that they “be not against the true Christian faith…” The first charter of Virginia, granted by King James I in 1606 … commenced the grant in these words: “…in propagating of Christian Religion to such People as yet live in Darkness.” Language of similar import may be found in the subsequent charters of that colony … in 1609 and 1611; and the same is true of the various charters granted to the other colonies. In language more or less emphatic is the establishment of the Christian religion declared to be one of the purposes of the grant. The celebrated compact made by the Pilgrims in the Mayflower, 1620, recites: “Having undertaken for the Gory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith… a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia…” The fundamental orders of Connecticut, under which a provisional government was instituted in 1638-1639, commenced with this declaration: “…And well knowing where a people are gathered together the word of God requires that to maintain the peace and union… there should be an orderly and decent government established according to God … to maintain and preserve the liberty and purity of the gospel of our Lord Jesus which we now profess … of the said gospel (which) is now practiced amongst us.” |
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