[LS]

I generally agree. Certainly the jury is out on the Trump USSC picks. But I do think that the utter, 100% absence of an evangelical Protestant, not a Lutheran or an Episcopalean or a Presbyterian, is a major issue on the court, which should have at least 25% makeup of these type of people

I agree much of it is the Harvard/Yale pipeline and narrow searches. Given Mike Lee and Minion and their records, not sure someone from BYU would be much better. I’m thinking Liberty or Regent.

[BillyBoy]

Bush's pick Harriet Myers was an Evangelical Christian, I don't think her selection would have helped much with getting an actual conservative on the court. Ironically if Trump had picked her, I have no doubt that people on FR would have blindly accepted the "Miers is an outstanding Originalist" Kool-Aid and she'd be Justice Harriet Miers now.

. You're right that we need a SCOTUS that reflects the average American much more though. I vastly would have preferred Jennifer Elrod over Amy Coney Barrett (Elrod didn't make any of Trump's ”lists" but would have made my short list). She is from Texas and a Baylor University alumni. I have no idea what her religion is but based on that background I'd guess she's an Evangelical protestant.