William Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next attorney general, will face questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee starting Tuesday. We’ve asked members of the committee to question Barr about his troubling writings and speeches on separation of church and state.

There’s no denying that last year was rough for advocates of church-state separation. But there were reasons to celebrate as well. Here’s a look at the year that was – the top 10 church-state stories from 2018 and how they might affect 2019.

William P. Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. attorney general, is no fan of secular government, public schools, church-state separation – or much of modern life, for that matter.