On the No-Credibility Supreme Court Lineup along with Chaplains in Schools

Jamelle Bouie of the New York Times argues that the current Supreme Court does not reflect the will of the people:

“five of the six members of the conservative majority on the Roberts court were nominated by presidents who entered office without the winds of a popular majority…. The three Trump justices bring additional baggage. Each one was nominated and confirmed in a show of partisan power politics…. As much as ours is a dire moment for the future of the American republic, we can at least rest assured that we aren’t living through 1857 or 1860 or 1861…. This Supreme Court — the Roberts court — is playing its own version of the dangerous game that brought the Taney court to ruin. It is acting as if the public must obey its dictates. It is acting as if its legitimacy is incidental to its power. It is acting as if it cannot be touched or brought to heel.”  

Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post: On Bringing Chaplains (and their personal religious biases) into the schools.

“Lawmakers in mostly conservative states are pushing a coordinated effort to bring chaplains into public schools, aided by a new, legislation-crafting network that aims to address policy issues ‘from a biblical world view’ and by a consortium whose promotional materials say chaplains are a way to convert millions to Christianity. The bills have been introduced this legislative season in 14 states, inspired by Texas, which passed a law last year allowing school districts to hire chaplains or use them as volunteers for whatever role the local school board sees fit, including replacing trained counselors…. The bills are mushrooming in an era when the U.S. Supreme Court has expanded the rights of religious people and groups in the public square and weakened historic protections meant to keep the government from endorsing religion.”