The Judge Who Thinks He’s God

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

In Maine, a mother—Emily Bickford—now finds herself living inside a constitutional nightmare. A lower-court custody ruling prohibits her from taking her 12-year-old daughter to church, from reading her the Bible, and from letting her interact with members of the congregation the mother attends. This is not a case of abuse. Not neglect. Not danger or harm. The mother is considered fit and capable by the court’s own standards—except, it would seem, when it comes to the audacity of wanting to raise her child in her Christian faith.