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  2. The Religion of the Supreme Court Justices - Gallup.com

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    The remaining six justices -- John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett -- are Catholic. Thus, the court will consist of six Catholics,...

  3. Sonia Sotomayor - Wikipedia

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    In January 2021, Sonia Sotomayor swore in Kamala Harris as the Vice President of the United States. It was considered historic as Sotomayor is the first woman of color to serve on the Supreme Court and Harris is the first woman, African-American, and Asian-American Vice President.

  4. The Justices’ faith and their Religion Clause decisions

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    With five, maybe six, Catholic conservative justices and one Catholic liberal justice (Sonia Sotomayor), seven out of nine justices are of the same religion. Justice Elena Kagan is Jewish and new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has said she is a nondenominational Protestant.

  5. God in Government: Judge Sotomayor’s Church-State Record

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    If the Senate confirms the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the nation’s highest court, there will be six Catholics on the Supreme Court. So far this is the most reported religion-related...

  6. Sonia Sotomayor - Oyez

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    Sonia Sotomayor – the fearless federal trial court judge who saved Major League Baseball from a ruinous 1995 strike – entered the record book as the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the High Court.

  7. Except Justice Sonia Sotomayor, all of the Catholic justices on the Supreme Court are conservatives, appointed by Republican presidents. And there's reason for that. While there is a liberal,...

  8. Sotomayor Would Be Sixth Catholic Justice, but the ...

    www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/us/politics/31...

    Like many Americans, Judge Sonia Sotomayor may be what religion scholars call a “cultural Catholic” — a category that could say something about her political and social attitudes.