A justice’s religion does not, nor should it, matter. But it is certainly a curiosity of modern politics that Catholic and Jewish justices have found such success. If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed there will be five Catholics and three Jews on the Supreme Court – and the loneProtestant, Neil Gorsuch, was baptized and raised Catholic.
Religion and the makeup of the SCOTUS
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