But to be recusing yourself on the USSC is to hand decisions to the left. And immigration is a likely area for that.
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.