Blatantly ignorant. There is no test for religion. In not one case has the nominee’s religion played a part in their confirmation.
“There’s no test for religion” is one of the most abused principles in public debates. Not long ago, the liberals were attacking Christian Republicans for being reluctant to support Mormon Romney, saying the same thing. Of course, they would not welcome a Bible-believing evangelical Christian, or, I imagine, a Scientologist or Satanist, or at this point, even an open atheist.
Candidate and nominee selection considers just such things as one’s religion. It’s no fluke what the Supreme Court make-up is.
The point isn’t the confirmation process, but their selection by the Republicans in the first place. Is there some requirement now that a GOP SC nominee be Catholic?