Belmont Law School, in Tennessee, has appointed former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez as its new dean.
Unbelievable.
Here is law professor/blogger Jonathan Turley’s reaction, in part. I concur completely, and cannot improve on it:
“Gonzales is widely blamed for politicizing the Justice Department, destroying its credibility, appointing substandard officials, and turning a blind eye to egregious violations like the torture and surveillance programs. …For many, this appointment looks like a provisional law school accepting an equally provisional lawyer as dean. Gonzales will not help the law school’s reputation. The school defines itself as “Belmont University is a student-centered Christian community providing an academically challenging education that empowers men and women of diverse backgrounds to engage and transform the world with disciplined intelligence, compassion, courage and faith.” Gonzales has declared that he is committed “to make Belmont the greatest law school that it can be.” Given the fact that Gonzales took a department with a stellar reputation and devastated both its professionalism and reputation, that statement is rather chilling.”
If that weren’t enough, the appointment also means that there is now a precedent for appointing Eric Holder as a law school dean some day.
Ethics Alarms 
Holder as a law school dean (or worse) will happen anyway. I can’t say one way or another about Gonzalez because I have not paid attention to him. But what is really eating at me from your post is the school definition quoted in Turley’s piece. To me, a “Christian community” implies a certain conformity and uniformity – to an extent that will inherently, irreconcilably conflict with what a larger community considers “diverse backgrounds.”
I always mix-up those spellings of Gonzale(z)(s).
I wish I could say worse has been done before by the other side, but at least the two biggest previous offenders from the left, Janet Reno and Ramsey Clark, did not go into academia.