6 Catholics, 1 Courtroom: SCOTUS and the rise of the Federalist Society

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6 Catholics, 1 Courtroom: SCOTUS and the rise of the Federalist Society

Invoice Kuchman/POLITICO Illustration Evangelicals make up a much bigger share of the Republican citizens. However on the courts? It is co



Evangelicals make up a much bigger share of the Republican citizens. However on the courts? It is conservative Catholics who reign supreme. If confirmed, Decide Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee to exchange the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, can be the sixth Catholic justice presently sitting on the excessive court docket — 5 of whom had been nominated by Republicans. College of Denver political science professor Joshua Wilson and POLITICO’s Scott Bland dig into the conservative Catholic authorized motion and one group on the heart of all of it: the Federalist Society.

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