THE HALLS OF JUSTICE

The Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C. houses the Supreme Court of the United States of America.  The idea for the building came form President William Howard Taft (Ohio) in 1912.  Construction didn't begin until 1932 and was finished in 1935.  The architect on the project was Cass Gilbert, a longtime friend of Taft.  Gilbert died before it was completed.

The Great Hall of the Court is on the second floor of the building which has a basement and five floors above  On the south and north walls of the Great Hall are friezes (carved figures) depicting the great lawmakers and allegorical figures of the world.  On the south wall you will find those of the ancient world; Menes, Hammurabi, Moses, Solomon, Lycurgus, Solon, Draco, Confucius and Augustus.  On the north wall, you will find lawmakers of the middle ages;  Muhammad, Charlemagne, Justinian, King John of England, Louis IX of France, Hugo Grotius, Sir William Blackstone, John Marshall and Napoleon.  The figure of Moses is holding the Ten Commandments.  The oak doors at the entrance to the court have the Ten Commandments engraved in their lower panels. 

Let those justices abide by the laws carried to us by Moses.

p.s.The bronze doors at the main entrance of the building weigh 6-1/2 tons each.