[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14527-14528]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I rise to voice my strong disapproval with 
the Supreme Court's ruling yesterday that barred individual States from 
displaying the Ten Commandments in courthouses. The five justices who 
voted for this ruling displayed extreme

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hypocrisy. As they outlawed this practice, they sat directly underneath 
our Ten Commandments.
  In 1950, the Florida Supreme Court stated: ``A people unschooled in 
the sovereignty of God, the Ten Commandments, and the ethics of Jesus 
could never have evolved the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of 
Independence, and the Constitution. There is not one solitary 
fundamental principle of our democratic policy that did not stem 
directly from the basic moral concepts of the Ten Commandments . . . ''
  The Ten Commandments are found more often in public buildings than in 
individual churches, demonstrating that Americans from all faiths and 
walks of life recognize their impact on our laws and culture.
  Yesterday's ruling sets a dangerous precedent. What is next? Are we 
going to remove references to God from our pledge, remove the Bible 
from our court proceedings, and so forth?
  Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to look into ways to prevent 
this type of abusive judicial power. I also encourage the five justices 
to exercise better judgment in the future.

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