In a 7-2 decision released on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Colorado baker Jack Phillips, who in 2012, citing religious objections, refused to provide a cake for a gay wedding in the state. At the time, Colorado did not recognize same-sex marriages, and the Supreme Court had not yet issued its landmark opinion essentially legalizing same-sex marriages across America.

There was a time when Sir Thomas More was celebrated in Western Civilization for his refusal to violate his conscience and acknowledge the legitimacy of the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Now, not only would More lose his livelihood and his life, the mob would demand he make Henry’s wedding cake before being beheaded.

It should tell us something that, even in a high profile case like Brown’s, the only real result so far has been greater public attention that forced an apology. Real accountability has yet to come, and people are dying as a result.

His helping reify Trump, his authoritarianism, and increasingly reckless reign resolutely disqualifies Walker from re-election.

Trump’s pardon of Dinesh D’Souza is outrageous, given the lightness of the sentence the provocateur received. But it is an example of how the pardoning process itself is fraught with corruption and cronyism.