Did early Supreme Court judges quote the Bible in their opinions?
Yes. Early Supreme Court opinions from the nation's early days did quote the Bible directly, according to a tape titled Our American Heritage. That same source notes early presidents and top cabinet officials held that America could not survive unless it remained true to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Les explains that he has a tape at home whose name is Our American Heritage, or Our Godly American Heritage, though he does not remember who is on it. He says the speaker on that tape reads from Supreme Court opinions of our early days as a nation, where those Supreme Court judges in their opinions quoted this book. Les asks, "Can you imagine that happening today?" In another place, he points out that our top government officials, presidents, and top cabinet people maintained that America could not survive, and they did not just say the Bible — they said America could not survive unless it remains true to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Les says he could hardly believe that when he saw it. He adds that he could understand men like Washington and others saying we have to stand on this book. This illustration comes as Les is teaching that God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to Paul's gospel, that Christ died for all these sins — the immoral, the moral hypocrites, and the religious people — and that God will judge the human race on that basis. He notes that a person would not have to go where they are going, because Christ has already settled the account, if they would have just believed it.