The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows.

The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows.

Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.

That's not the federal law. What you're confusing is law with the opinion of a justice, what one lone federal judge says is not law.

If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you.

If they want to get [my statue of] the Commandments, they're going to have to get me first.

The monument serves to remind the appellate courts and judges of the circuit and district courts of this state and members of the bar who appear before them as well as the people of Alabama who visit the Alabama Judicial Building of the truth stated in the preamble of the Alabama Constitution, that in order to establish justice we must invoke the favor and guidance of Almighty God.