As posed by me on CNN.com.
Here are the first few paragraphs:
How much longer can decent people serve in Trump's cabinet?
President Donald Trump was not standing alone on the podium when he informed the world that some participants in the Charlottesville neo-Nazi march were "very fine people."
He was flanked by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, an immigrant from Taiwan, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who is Jewish, and Chief of Staff John Kelly, all of whom did their best to remain stone-faced while their boss veered ever more deeply into apologetics for racism.
As business executives, military leaders, and Republican office-holders join in the repudiation of Trump's statements, one question must be asked: How much longer can decent people continue to serve in Trump's cabinet?
The rest of the piece discusses the resignation and non-resignation decisions of William Jennings Bryan and Edwin Stanton, and the decision of Massachusetts Judge Edward Loring to preside over Fugitive Slave Act cases. You can read it here.
[cross-posted from The Faculty Lounge]