Non-Sequiturs: 05.04.16

* Remember how Villanova won the NCAA men's basketball championship on a crazy buzzer beater? It didn't hurt to have support from the man upstairs or at least from the priest on their bench. Father Rob Hagan is a criminal lawyer turned chaplain for the Villanova men's basketball team. [Coverage Opinions] * The Department of Justice has come to the completely obvious conclusion that North Carolina's potty police bill violates the Civil Right Act, and now millions in federal school funding are in jeopardy. Just what the world needs, a decline in the education of the people that passed HB2. [Charlotte Observer] * An interesting proposal says law schools and engineering programs should share curriculum. But I was assured there'd be no math... [Chronicle of Higher Education] * The West Point debate team may have lost to a team from the Bard Prison Initiative, but they gained a lot in the process. [Washington Post] * Yeah, bar exam results from everywhere have been bad, but these Kansas results are really bad. [Bar Exam Stats] * An illuminating interview with author Anthony Papa, who was granted clemency after serving 12 years for a non-violent drug offense. [Keri Blakinger] * How well do states do when they are in front of the Supreme Court, and which are the most successful? [Empirical SCOTUS]