She didn’t give that as an example.
I can think of a number of areas where strict construction of the Constitution and Francis are hard to line up, (Cruel and Unusual Punishment and the Death Penalty being a prime example) but in none of these does he teach in such a way that actually eliminate a Catholic from opting for the constitutional option. She can say what she said and still support the death penalty.
We have had loads of Catholic Justices—I’m not sure if Taney was the first. We had seven simultaneously not too long ago, but if one accepts that Cavanaugh is no longer Catholic, we are down to 6 or maybe even five.
Some of them have been among the best (Thomas, Alito) and some of them are stinkers.
She offered a general principle which would appear to pertain in illegal immigration cases.
And the likes of Scalia (and other Catholic USSC Justices) didn’t subscribe to that view at all.
Five Catholics
One ex-Catholic, now Episcopal (Gorsuch)
Two Jewish