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Ms. Toad

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21. Because there are 9 slots, and that was who was appointed.

Mon Oct 8, 2018, 02:42 PM

Oct 2018

You could run similar comparisons for race, gender, sexual orientation.

If you are choosing a teeny tiny number of people based on quality, there is no reason to expect that those 9 will be a perfect microcosm of the whole.

I suspect the numbers would be more balanced as to religion if you looked at all of the federal judtes. I suspect it would not be as to race or gender. That is a much larger pool - so I would expect it to be closer to a microcosm of society as a whole, although the coveted federal clerkships - a stepping stone to becoming a federal judge - are still likely to be heavily male and heavily white.

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The U.S. population is approx. 1/4 Catholic. SCOTUS is 2/3. [View all] trof Oct 2018 OP

And the other third is Jewish: Breyer, Kagan, and Ginsburg, despite being under 4% of population pnwmom Oct 2018 #1

Protestants can't crack the club and the iron grip of the Federalist Society and the Koch's. Fred Sanders Oct 2018 #6

There were plenty of protestants in the past. They let it go. I suspect pnwmom Oct 2018 #7

Umm, you're aware that two Catholics were appointed by President Obama? brooklynite Oct 2018 #15

Freepers ask the same question Kaleva Oct 2018 #2

They like the pro-life stance. n/t pnwmom Oct 2018 #3

They like the old school Catholics. Gays destined for Hell and all that. Kaleva Oct 2018 #4

Equality of religion? Or maybe not...yet they all get to judge other religions without any one Fred Sanders Oct 2018 #5

their religion does not affect the law treestar Oct 2018 #8

I think it can color their view of the law -- especially in the case of abortion pnwmom Oct 2018 #10

It could but at least they would have to come up with a legal rationale treestar Oct 2018 #11

There is a ready-made rationale for anyone with their mind made up for personal or religious pnwmom Oct 2018 #12

I figure the Federalist Society has already treestar Oct 2018 #13

They interpret the constitution, thus they interpret the law, through their lense. SharonAnn Oct 2018 #16

Damn Papists! Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #9

Reminds me of the 6 Wives of Henry the VIII series treestar Oct 2018 #19

......... Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2018 #22

Patriarchy is way over-represented SharonAnn Oct 2018 #14

Only 4% of the population is Jewish, by the broadest definitions, yet 1/3 of the Supreme Court. pnwmom Oct 2018 #17

Obama appointed two Catholics (I think). Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #20

Not sure that Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #18

Because there are 9 slots, and that was who was appointed. Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #21

I think it's interesting that there are no protestants in the group. n/t pnwmom Oct 2018 #23

The thing is the majority of Catholic views aren't even represented by the court Johonny Oct 2018 #24

Yes, most Catholics vote Democratic I believe. Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #25

Catholics and Jews get the SCOTUS maxsolomon Oct 2018 #26

A very specific Catholic sub-group: Opus Dei types who worship top-down authority Hassler Oct 2018 #27

Maybe the same reason 4 members of the Judiciary Committee are Mormons. rzemanfl Oct 2018 #28

I will take 9 Catholics like Sotomayor right now RhodeIslandOne Oct 2018 #29

Jesuit Education.... flotsam Oct 2018 #30

because abortion eShirl Oct 2018 #31