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Six of the U.S. Supreme Court justices
are conservatives (a super majority),
and six justices are Roman Catholic*.
 
Justice Religious Affiliation Political Inclination Appointed by Comment
Neil Gorsuch Evangelical Conservative - extreme Trump Opposes Roe vs. Wade
Amy Coney Barrett Roman Catholic, very Conservative - extremely and decidedly Trump Promised to overturn Rowe-vs-Wade,
Obamacare, and Brown-vs-Education
and enforce voting restrictions
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 -
Sonia Sotomayor Roman Catholic Progressive - consistently Obama -
Elena Kagan Conservative Judaism Progressive - centrist Obama -
Ketanji Brown Jackson Non-denominational Protestant Liberal leaning Biden -
 
*  Six of the U.S. Supreme Court justices are
Roman Catholic (a super majority), one is Jewish,
and two are Protestant (albeit not mainline).
 
 -- Not representative of the nation's
    religious demographics
 
(And heaven forbid there be any of the other religions represented.)
 
cf. 2049, 26988 (Religious demographics)
20135, 25122, 25122, 20132, 20125, 25123, 25098, 25095, 20133, 20118, 20117
1400 (Court before election of Donald Trump)
20136 (Court prior to death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020.)
25211 (Court after death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020.)
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