The Founding Fathers turned over in their graves the other day. The Christian Right might celebrate the decision of the Supreme Court; they may even claim this is exactly what the Founding Fathers intended, but they would be dead wrong. The New York Times reports that in an a 5-4 decision Monday, a conservative majority of the Supreme Court “upheld the legality of an internal White House office that forcefully pushes federal aid for religious charities, a case with an unusual nexus of constitutional, financial and political implications.” The Court “concluded taxpayers did not have “standing” to challenge in court the discretionary spending authority of the executive branch for its Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI).” A 1968 Supreme Court ruling carved out a narrow exception to the rule that states taxpayers can’t question how the Federal Government spends tax dollars, saying taxpayers can sue over Congress’ tax-and-spend authority for specific programs favoring or promoting religion but the majority found this latest appeal did not meet the 1968 exception. It is difficult to see how the efforts of the Bush Administration do not favor Christianity, since it is Christian groups that directly and uniquely benefit from the operations of the OFBCI. The White House, naturally, is delighted with the decision. In some cases, justice will have to wait, I suppose, until the stacked Supreme Court that Bush has created dies off or retires. Hopefully, we will not have to wait quite so long to undo some of Bush’s other “works” and get this country back on the right track with regards to the separation of Church and State.