Robertson, founder and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network, said that while there is "no question" that the monument is constitutional, "we are people who respect the rule of law."
"This tactic was designed to bring about a confrontation which was not necessary," Robertson said. " ... Had they requested a stay, they would have gotten an automatic stay, then they would have had the chance to bring a legitimate appeal before the United State Supreme Court and it would have taken some time. In that, they could have framed an argument that might well have won."
The Supreme Court and the U.S. House of Representatives both have Ten Commandments displays in their chambers, Robertson said.
If Moore had asked the Supreme Court, "'How is what I've done in Alabama any different from what you do in your court?' then the Supreme Court would have had to deal with it," Robertson said.
Speaking to Sekulow, Robertson said that Moore's lawyers have "left those of us like you and me who want the commandments up in public places in a quandary. I regret that this has been done. But I think people like Jim Dobson and others need to understand how judicial processes work. It's just a question not of principle but of tactics. The tactics used by Judge Moore have just not been well advised in my opinion."
But Moore said that federal justice Myron Thompson, who ordered the monument removed, "has absolutely no authority, power or jurisdiction in this area, and it's that simple. He is coming down as an interior decorator of our courts."
Dobson said he is concerned that the assault by judges on the Ten Commandments monument is "part of a larger plan to eliminate every vestige of faith or religion or reverence for God from the public square. And that's where this is headed. If we don't stop it here, they're going to have to sand blast half the buildings in Washington."
While saying he respects Land and Sekulow, Dobson said he wonders "if Dr. Land and Jay Sekulow are supportive of the American Revolution, where we rebelled against the British tyranny."
Land, in his column, said he thinks America's forefathers "were right [for rebelling] and I applaud my ancestors for supporting that effort. I do not believe that rebellion is always wrong, but it should not take place until all legal redress of grievances has been exhausted."
Land also addressed those who argue that slavery would not have been abolished by following the rule of law.
"On the slavery issue, the U.S. Supreme Court did rule in the 1857 Dred Scott decision that slaves were property, not human beings, and thus had no rights," Land wrote. "The response of the American people three years later was to elect a new president, Abraham Lincoln, who campaigned on a platform of no extension, and the eventual abolition, of slavery. So, America did obey the rule of law, used the ballot box and eliminated slavery."
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