Religion Triumphs Over Virus Rules, Raising Judge’s Profile (2)

Drive-thru Easter services took place in Kentucky on Sunday after a U.S. district court judge nominated for a high-profile appeals court wrote restrictions placed on those services due to Covid-19 were unconstitutional.

But the way in which the recently installed Judge Justin Walker, President Donald Trump’s newest nominee for the D.C. Circuit, went about writing that decision attracted attention beyond just Kentuckians. Walker’s opinion, which delved into the historical plight of Christians, solved a problem that possibly didn’t exist and may have been intended to raise his profile, law professors told Bloomberg Law.

“We all know what’s going on here,” ...