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Political Factoid
See also post-Trump-McConnell era updated chart.
And also the original chart (-- prior to election of Donald Trump in 2016.)
Five of the U.S. Supreme Court justices
are conservatives (a majority),
and five justices are Roman Catholic*.
| Justice |
Religious Affiliation |
Political Inclination |
Appointed by |
Comment |
| Brett Kavanaugh |
Roman Catholic |
Conservative - extremely and decidedly |
Trump |
Promised to overturn Rowe-vs-Wade |
| Clarence Thomas |
Roman Catholic |
Conservative - Most |
H.W. Bush |
Catholic convert - Abortion foe |
| John Roberts |
Roman Catholic |
Conservative - consistently |
G.W.Bush |
(Chief Justice) |
| Samuel Alito |
Roman Catholic |
Conservative - consistently |
G.W. Bush |
- |
| Neil Gorsuch |
Evangelical |
Conservative - extreme |
Trump |
Opposes Roe vs. Wade |
| Sonia Sotomayor |
Roman Catholic |
Progressive - consistently |
Obama |
- |
| Elena Kagan |
Conservative Judaism |
Progressive - centrist |
Obama |
- |
| Stephen Breyer |
Jewish |
Liberal - consistently |
Clinton |
Considered liberal |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Jewish |
Liberal - very |
Clinton |
Most liberal |
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Five of the U.S. Supreme Court justices are
Roman Catholic (a majority), three are Jewish,
and only one is Protestant (and he is not mainline).
-- Not representative of the nation's
religious demographics
(And heaven forbid there be any of the other religions represented.)
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