The Supreme Court now has 115 judges, 91 of them were selected because they were members of various Protestant churches and 15 because they were members of the Catholic faith (one other justice, Sherman Minton, converted to Catholicism after leaving the Court).

Who are the Catholics on the US Supreme Court?

• Among the Catholics serving on the Supreme Court of the United States are Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, and Chief Justice John Roberts himself.
• Following the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court on October 27, there are currently a total of six practicing Catholics serving on the court.

How many Supreme Court justices are Jewish?

Stephen Breyer, the justice who will be retiring and being replaced by Sandra Day Jackson, and Elena Kagan, who will continue to serve on the court, are both Jewish. The remaining six justices on the Supreme Court are devout Catholics. These justices are John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.

How many Catholics are on track to hold 6 Supreme Court seats?

• Patrick Fazio of NBC 5 has the report.
• Roman Catholics make up a little bit more than 20 percent of the population in the United States, but they are on track to hold six of the Supreme Court’s nine seats now that President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to fill its vacancy.
• This is despite the fact that the percentage of Roman Catholics in the United States is only slightly higher than 20 percent.

Which Supreme Court justices have been appointed by Republicans?

• The other justices on the court, including Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and most likely Barrett, were all nominated by Republican presidents.
• McGuinness stated that the appointment of these individuals was made not due to the fact that they were Catholic but rather due to the fact that they were conservative.
• She stated that Republicans were looking for nominees who would be willing to participate in an endeavor to overturn the Roe v.

Wade decision from 1973.