Trump disqualification case has shaken up American civil religion

Dean Obeidallah: The U.S. Constitution has become so contested a sacred object that it undermines civil religion.

He says both sides have venerated the Constitution as a central component of American civil religion but in profoundly different ways.

Trump 's disqualification from the presidential race could further weaken civil religion, he says.

He asks: The Supreme Court will have to do some fancy footwork to let Trump off the constitutional hook.