I fully agree that there should not be a test.
But, around 20% of America is Catholic and maybe 2% is Jewish. These two groups comprise 100% of the Supreme court if you count Gorsuch who was raised and educated Catholic and went Episcopal as a flag of convenience when he got married.
However you slice it this charge for Coney-Barrett is going to make the court 7-2 Catholic - Jewish.
Mormons are about 2% of America. Depending who you listen to around 25% of America is atheist or otherwise devoid of religion. If the Supreme Court was 6 atheists and 3 mormons, we would all scratch our heads and ask what the hell was going on. Around 13% of America is African American. If 6 or 7 of the Justices were black, it would be statistically odd.
Time for a Non-Ivy Baptist or other evangelical to get a seat.
I certainly would like to see a non-Ivy!
“Cow colleges\universities” need to be represented!
You’re applying a religious test ...
That’s expressly unconstitutional.
I understand your concerns as to the seemingly unbalanced SCOTUS re: faith. If a conservative Catholic is nominated, he/she is going to get grilled, particularly re: Pro-life. If a conservative Evangelical is nominated he/she will also get grilled. The difference is another factor - Southern or non elite Midwestern.
Optimally, the best candidates who respect life and our US Constitution ought to be the critical, determining factors. Prejudice against Southerners and Mid-westerners often prevails with the leftist Democrats. Have you noticed that the Catholic justices are from ethnic groups which are traditionally Catholic? We will never see a conservative Catholic who is Polish or Germanic. All the Catholic Justices have been Italian, Irish or Hispanic - groups favored by many ‘elite people’ on the East Coast. These groups have traditionally been reliable Democrat voters, so this is a factor that is in addition to whether the nominee is Conservative or not. It looks like the plan is to nominate a conservative who might appeal to a specific ethnic group. Sometimes it works! Scalia, Alito, Kavanaugh, Kennedy, Sotomayor, Roberts, etc.
My belief is that after the Kavanaugh vote, this will disappear, and ethnicity will no longer matter.
I am aware that conservative, Protestant candidates for judicial appointments have been drilled by anti-Christian Democrats, and voted down. The only reason is that the Democrats think they can get way with it because the nominee has a more Anglo-Saxon name or something.[???] Or, the classify all Evangelical Christians as imbeciles and deplorables!
We should stick together and not allow this to continue. We need good Constitutionalists on the court, who respect our laws, and respect human life, and religion ought not be a factor.