I can think of no commodity she has that interests me LESS than her religion.
I would rather have the likes of Thomas Jefferson (an admitted Atheist) on the courts, than ANY religious leader of the day.
We are talking about SCOTUS and our Constitution. Not elections for the Pope.
You are familiar, I would imagine, with the Declaration of Independence, the document which founded the body which met to determine our Constitution? They also were discussing the form of our Supreme Court, as we are here, as well as the other branches of government which would cause this nation to become the most free, the most fair, of any nation or government ever established on the earth.
The men who drafted the document which is the basis for our Supreme Court also wrote and also believed that "we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."
They also were not interested in electing a Pope, as you put it. They were interested in maintaining the liberties given them by the God Who Made Them. That's why they and their ancestors left for our shores to begin with.
It is not possible that these liberties can be maintained apart from a belief in a Creator-Giver. I give you America, 2005 as the greatest example.
But that page of history is turning.