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A theocracy is built, not born (not even immaculately). And if you're trying to build a Christian theocracy, one of the things you do is stock the bureaucracy with missionaries.

Enter Regent University School of Law, brainchild of Pat Robertson and funded by the Christian Broadcast Network. According to its Admissions statement:

Regent Law School seeks to admit students who are serious about the critical roles they will assume as future counselors, conciliators, defenders of the faith, effective client advocates and followers of Christ.

Defenders of the faith? Are they looking for law students or a born-again Henry VIII?

There's more:

Regent Law seeks men and women who are dedicated to becoming Christian leaders who will change the world for Christ.

Sweet Jesus.

What's a typical class at Regent like? According to today's Boston Globe:

The title of the course was Constitutional Law, but the subject was sin. Before any casebooks were opened, a student led his classmates in a 10-minute devotional talk, completed with "amens," about the need to preserve their Christian values.

US News & World Report ranks Regent as a "tier four" school. There is no lower ranking. But the school's poor record didn't stop the Bush administration from hiring 150 of its graduates for administration jobs, including Department of Justice jobs.

One of these Regent grads is Monica Goodling, a top Alberto Gonzales aid whose job description included hiring — and more importantly, firing — US attorneys.

As one observer noted:

That a recent graduate of one of the very worst [and sketchiest] law schools with virtually no relevant experience could ascend to this position is a sure sign that there is something seriously wrong at the DOJ.

What, oh pray tell what went through the mind of Bush's Monica before she decided to shut her mouth and resign? Tell the truth about the firings, or take the fifth? Hmmm...What would Jesus do?

Many more posts in the Blog Against Theocracy Swarm here.