In 2015 the Supreme Court was 7 Catholics and 2 Jews. 0 Protestants. It’s insane that it worked out like that. Some of it can be explained by demographics I guess, Justices tend to come from the northeast where there are more Catholics and Jews. Even then you’ve still got Clarence Thomas. What proportion of black people from rural Georgia are Catholic, 0.5%?
It hardly matters, but it is quite odd.
TBH I would expect someone's religious views to have a much greater impact on their jurisprudence than their sex or especially skin color. It's kind of shocking how much more attention the latter gets.
Very much so, but in American culture it is still something of a taboo to discuss people's religious beliefs. Especially given the extent to which Dems rely on Latino voters to buoy their coalition, they are quite wise to stop mainstream voices from questioning the wisdom of letting a Catholic majority body adjudicate basic questions of Constitutional law. Of course the GOP won't care as long as it works in their favor. Thus the detente holds, for now at least.
