BTW, though I know as conservatives we dont believe in quotas we do take pride in our heritage being represented sometimes.
I’m Roman Catholic of Italian ancestry.
A Protestant asked why there are six Catholics and three Jewish people on the SC. Where’s her guy :)
It is odd, right? But haven’t most presidents been protestant?
Besides JFK, only protestants, no? Ans some catholic he was. Although I hear he was pro life but that was before my time. Listened to Nixon/JFK debate and he sounded like a 2016 liberal to me.
I dont care, I just want a good president. Just wondering if that’s true.
It appears to have been true recently.
Read up here.
Link may not take you exactly where I expected it to.
Look for this heading.
The shift to a Catholic majority, and non-Protestant Court
The first Chief Justice, John Jay, was virulently anti-Catholic (he was of Huguenot ancestry). The first Catholic Chief Justice was Roger Taney, who may have been the first Catholic on the Court, period--and he was appointed by Andrew Jackson (of Protestant Scots-Irish ancestry). I think the next Catholic Chief Justice was Edward White from Louisiana (1910-1921).
The first Chief Justice, John Jay, was virulently anti-Catholic (he was of Huguenot ancestry). The first Catholic Chief Justice was Roger Taney, who may have been the first Catholic on the Court, period--and he was appointed by Andrew Jackson (of Protestant Scots-Irish ancestry). I think the next Catholic Chief Justice was Edward White from Louisiana (1910-1921).
JFK got to pick two justices for the Supreme Court—Byron White, who was Episcopalian, and Arthur Goldberg, who was Jewish. But Kennedy did pick a Catholic for Attorney General.