(Washington Stand) The mismatched treatment President Biden and former President Trump continue to receive from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) highlights a department that has lost its sense of justice. That should come as no surprise because the DOJ has also lost its fear of God. Not only is God the source of justice, but the American legal tradition imported many of its legal principles from the Bible.
One could reverse-engineer much of American courtrooms just using the first five books of the Bible. An incomplete list of similarities include: higher courts to tackle more difficult questions (Deuteronomy 1:17), a prohibition against bribery (Deuteronomy 16:19), impartial treatment across classes (Leviticus 19:15), equal legal treatment of non-citizens (Leviticus 24:22), and capital crimes (Genesis 9:6). Scripture even contains seed concepts for trial by jury, a multiplicity of witnesses, and due process rights of the accused (see Numbers 35).
Having thrown out the Bible’s authority, U.S. officials now evince little regard for the principles derived from it. (Read More)
