First Amendment

An American judge that feels compelled to decorate his courtroom with the 10 commandments likely does not have the required judicial temperament to be a judge and should be remove from the bench. This is particularly true for any judge redecorating their courtroom with the 10 commandments after their initial 10 commandments decoration was declared unconstitutional and ordered removed. Any new removal order should include removing the Richland Common Plea Court (RCPC) Seal from the RCPC website too.

RCPC Website Seal1

Although a judge may personally choose to live by the 10 commandments, nobody appearing before that judge should have even the slightest impression that she thinks they should too.

Web:

• UPDATED 01/29/2010 Examiner, Ohio judge sued for pushing religion in court
• UPI, Judge goes to court over 10 Commandments

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1. The statement "With God All Things Are Possible" is factually incorrect; the statement presumes God needs or has a spokesman; the statement presumes God has not made some things impossible (e.g. proving or disproving God); the statement presumes that God exists; the statement presumes that God does things; the statement presumes God uses the concepts of possible and impossible; the statement cannot be proved or disproved...