The Catholic Court

The U.S. Supreme Court is made up of three Catholic justices--Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, and (yes) Clarence Thomas--with a Catholic chief justice, John Roberts.

That makes 44% of the high court Catholic compared to only 25% of the nation.

Also over-represented are those of Jewish faith. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer, comprise 22% of the Court, but their co-religionists make up only 2% of the U.S. as a whole.

Only eleven Catholics have ever served on the Court. The others? William J. Brennan, Pierce Butler, Joseph McKenna, Frank Murphy, Sherman Minton (converted after retirement), Roger B. Taney, and Edward D. White.

Major religions that have never appeared on the Supreme Court include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints/Mormons (2% of 2000 U.S. population), Pentecostals (1.8%), Muslims (1.5%), and Eastern Orthodox (1%).

For more see Adherents.com.