The question is this: Would you be willing to be tried in a religious court instead of a standard penal court? Since there is no reconciling the Ten Commandments with the US constitution (the freedom to have other gods) or with the driving force behind capitalism (coveting), rather than have the Ten Commandments be taken down in all courts, why not leave them up in courts that we designate as Christian or Jewish?
In addition, courts designated as any Christian sect can have the 8 Beatitudes displayed as well:
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall posses the land.
Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy
Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
Courts designated Catholic can also display the 7 mortal sins (Pride, Greed, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth) and their corresponding virtures (Humility, Liberality, Chastity, Meekness, Temperance, Brotherly Love, Diligence), or one of the following lists that are equally of spiritual interest:
The 6 Sins against the Holy Ghost
Presumption
Despair
Resisting the known truth
Envy of another’s spiritual good
Obstinacy in sin
Final impenitence
The 4 Sins that Cry Out to Heaven
Willful murder
The sin of Sodom
Oppression of the poor
Defrauding laborers of their wages
The 9 Ways We Participate in Others' Sins
Counsel
Command
Consent
Provocation
Praise or flattery
Concealment
Partaking
Silence
Defense of the ill done
Islamic courts could substitute the Ten Commandments with the 5 Pillars of Islam (and Jihad, or Struggle, is not on the list), namely:
The profession of faith in Allah
Prayer
Fasting
The paying of alms
The Pilgrimage to Mecca
Jewish Courts could correctly translate the Hebrew phrase from the Torah "Aseres Had'vorim" as "Ten Statements" instead of the flawed King James translation "Ten Commandments" (which would be "Aseres Hamitzvos"), and could also proudly display the complete 613 commandments of the Torah.
So how would such a court system work, and how would it reconcile with the standard US penal system? There would be problems. Putting people to death on the spot, or cutting off of fingers, or pulling teeth and poking out eyes may be problems. Courts of differing faiths claiming jurisdiction over the same case would most definitely come up. Who to pick as a jury of peers, and whether or not it is necessary to do so would be an issue. Rules of evidence may differ.
I think there would be too many problems with the idea of religious sponsored courts in the US, considering just how many different religions are represented in this country. We should honor all of them and display all of the above lists, as well as Buddha's Eightfold path, Krishna's advice to Arjuna, etc. Perhaps it would be better to remove the wholely symbolic displays of the Ten Commandments, and Christians should trust that their fellow believers hold them to their hearts already.
I think my final proposition would be to replace the list with one that many Christians hold true, and has the precedent of already being court sponsored, and the benefit of recognizing the devine without being faith-specific. What magic list could this be? The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous:
Powerlessness, Hope, Faith, Inventory, Honesty, Preperation, Letting Go, Humility, Forgiveness, Continuous Inventory, Conscious Contact, and Carrying the Message.
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.