If someone whose cases were in front of the Supreme Court had dinner and drinks with some of the justices right before the oral arguments took place, and then the Supreme Court voted in that person’s favor, would that be ethical? Of course not. There shouldn’t be any substantive interaction between judges and the people whose cases are before them, if for no other reason than to maintain an air of impartiality.

And yet a Christian nationalist named Peggy Nienaber, who serves as executive director of DC Ministry, an extension of the conservative Christian group Liberty Counsel, bragged out loud that she prays with Supreme Court justices (plural)—an act most Christians would say is far more intimate than mere wining and dining. That’s especially concerning when you realize the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade cited her group’s amicus brief when restricting abortion access nationwide.

(So much for the justices being unbiased.)