Helaman 4

"And that they had altered and trampled under their feet the laws of Mosiah, or that which the Lord commanded him to give unto the people; and they saw that their laws had become corrupted, and that they had become a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked even like unto the Lamanites" (22).

The United States of America had also been given laws inspired of God through our Founding Fathers. President Ezra Taft Benson said:

"Our Father in Heaven planned the coming forth of the Founding Fathers and their form of government as the necessary great prologue leading to the restoration of the gospel. . . . 

"The delegates were the recipients of heavenly inspiration. James Madison, often referred to as the father of the Constitution, wrote: 'It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it a finger of that Almighty hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the revolution' (The Federalist, no. 37, ed. Henry Cabot Lodge, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1983, p. 222). 

"Alexander Hamilton, famous as the originator of The Federalist papers and author of fifty-one of the essays, said: 'For my own part, I sincerely esteem it a system, which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interest' (Essays on the Constitution of the United States, ed. Paul L. Ford, 1892, pp. 251–52). 

"Charles Pinckney, a very active participant and author of the Pinckney Plan during the Convention, said: 'When the great work was done and published, I was struck with amazement. Nothing less than the superintending Hand of Providence, that so miraculously carried us through the war … could have brought it about so complete, upon the whole' (Essays on the Constitution, p. 412). 

"Within ten months, the Constitution was ratified by nine states and was therefore in force for them. Prophecy had been fulfilled" ("Our Divine Constitution").

We have been given this Constitution. Are we making sure that the law is not being altered, trampled upon or corrupted? It was a problem with the Nephites. It's a warning to us today.