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By JAMES P. DOWNEY
We sometimes take for granted the blessings which are secured to us by our system of government and law. But with every news account of the miseries of people elsewhere in the world who are less fortunate, new examples are provided of things that don’t happen here, because of our Constitution, and a system adequately structured to secure its principles.
For the lawyer or judge, the terms “due process of law” and “equal protection of the law” are like dough to a baker or chalk to a teacher: they are basic, constant, and indispensable realities of daily life. These and other principles are embodied in the U.S. Constitution and the Virginia Constitution, on which it was based. They are brought to bear upon such diverse events as when the president obtains the advice and consent of the Senate, and when a kindergarten obtains a permit from a local zoning board to operate in a residential area. The Constitution is truly the law of the land.
These realities are not regularly expressed in summary form, or in terms of neighborly conversation. The symbols of our civic life, although necessary and often inspiring, can lose their meaning if we fail to appreciate the importance of the ideals and the values of being affirmed by them.
For example, the Great Seal of the United States, adopted June 20, 1782, is printed on every dollar bill. Jn it, you can read the motto “AnluibCoeptis," which means “He has avored our undertakings.” This ribute to the Almighty is matched >y the pyramid symbolizing the oundation of our country, with the ,11-seeing eye of Divine Providence veering over a vast expanse.
The Founding Fathers felt the vorking of Divine Providence as
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