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American Minute ^ | September 21, 2019 | Bill Federer

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Full title: "Whatever strikes at the root of Christianity, tends manifestly to the dissolution of civil government"-Justice James Kent

Chief Justice James Kent explained in People v. Ruggles, 1811, what made OATHS effective:

"In Taylor's case ... the court ... said, that Christianity was parcel of the law, and to cast contumelious reproaches upon it, tended to weaken the foundation of moral obligation, and the efficacy (effectiveness) of OATHS."

This view was held by President and Commander-in-Chief George Washington, who stated in his Farewell Address, September 19, 1796:

"Let it simply be asked where is the security for prosperity, for reputation, for life, if the sense of RELIGIOUS obligations desert the OATHS, which are the instruments of investigation in the Courts of Justice?"

Yet this is exactly what Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James announced September 17, 2014, that the U.S. Air Force OATH need no longer include the mention of GOD.

James Kent was appointed Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court by New York Governor John Jay in 1804.

At that time in early U.S. history, the New York Supreme Court was more influential than the United States Supreme Court. This was due in part because New York City had been the capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790, and it was the largest city in the nation.

From 1793 to 1798, James Kent served as the first professor of law at Columbia College in New York, which was the oldest institution on higher learning in the state, being founded in 1754 as King's College.

Kent is considered the premier jurist in the development of the legal practice in the United States, known for compiling Commentaries on American Law, 1826-1830.

Earlier in his career, 1796-1797, J ames Kent was as a

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Time for another great American history lesson from American Minute.

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They will try to tell you America is not a Christian Nation, despite that having been established by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Yes, very true. A number of the Founders were deists, but even they realized the importance of the faith. They were old-style deists, that is, people not seriously hostile but at the same time not realizing that all of the things they said and could say came out of the philosophy - including legal philosophy - of the centuries of Christian thinkers who had preceded them.

Jefferson drew heavily from some Spanish thinkers in dealing with this topic.

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When the God believing and fearing founders of this nation came up with the Republican vs democratic form of governmental representation. It appears to me they considered that groups we call political partys once elected to a given political office. Could place their groups control and interest above the common good and benefit of the nation once elected to a legislative, executive or judicial office Rather than work together for the common interest.

The founders felt that upon election requiring taking the oath of office taken which swears loyalty to abide and support the constitution would avert any such direction and super cede any political position taken by the group that the office holder associated with before entering .It took the democrat convention of 2012 when they attempted to remove any reference to God, “Our Creator,” to clearly demonstrate that belief no longer applied and when one took that oath it meant nothing.