Supreme Court’s conservative revolution is in full swing

The Texas Senate has passed a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom in the Lone Star State. It’s not that s [Bloomberg]( [Can Texas Really Put the Ten Commandments in Public Schools?]( — Noah Feldman The Texas Senate has [passed a bill]( requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom in the Lone Star State. It’s not that surprising in the wake of the Supreme Court’s blockbuster June 2022 decision Kennedy v. Bremerton, which overturned all existing jurisprudence about the separation of church and state. Photographer: Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America Before that ruling, the Texas bill would’ve been an obviously unconstitutional establishment of religion, something prohibited by the [First Amendment]( of the Constitution. Now, however, it comes under the disturbing category of “Who knows?” The Texas Senate certainly is trying to establish religion under any ordinary-language use of the term. But because the Supreme Court announced a vague new “history and tradition” test to replace the last 50 years of establishment clause law, a court could conceivably conclude that mandating the Ten Commandments is just fine — a result that would invite a raft of new religious establishment legislation across the country. Read the [whole thing](. [The Dollar’s Demise May Come Gradually, But Not Suddenly]( — Niall Ferguson [There Was No Good Way for Bed Bath & Beyond to Die]( — Leticia Miranda [Lower Mortgage Rates Won’t Make Homes More Affordable]( — Conor Sen [The Return of Wolf Warriors in Mediator Clothing]( — Andreas Kluth [First Republic Shows How Not to Bolster Confidence]( — Paul J. Davies [The Pacific Garbage Patch Is Now Hosting a New Threat]( — Faye Flam [The Truth About the Biden Economy]( — Matthew Winkler [Bed Bath Moves Into the Beyond]( — Matt Levine [Gucci’s Decline Shows Just How Dependent Luxury Is on China]( — Andrea Felsted More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been listening to this week. - [Crash Course: Supreme Court Justices Aren’t Immune to Greed]( with Timothy L. O’Brien (listen on [Apple]( or [Spotify]() - [Bloomberg Opinion: The Cure to Bank Runs and the AM Radio Quagmire]( with Paul Davies, Conor Sen, Kathryn Edwards and Liam Denning This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. Follow Us Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](