Did You Know...?


As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view. It is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!
U.S. Supreme Court building
Another close-up of the U.S. Supreme Court building


As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.
One side of the door leading into the U.S. Supreme Court courtroom



As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!
Wall above seats where the Justices sit


There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D.C.
The Bible


James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement:
"We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
Fourth U.S. President, James Madison


Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said:
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
convention


Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.


Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.
U.S. Constitution


Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law; an oligarchy: the rule of few over many.
Third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson


The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said:
"Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers."
First U.S. Supreme Court Justice, John Jay


Affixed to the chamber, U.S. House of Representatives:
Moses