The underlying facts backing up the absurd notion that there has been a conspiracy to stock the Court with Catholics aren’t even accurate. Clarence Thomas was raised Catholic, but had left the church when he was nominated to the Supreme Court (he later returned). Neil Gorsuch was also raised Catholic, but seems to have been attending an Episcopal church as an adult. I thought this sort of crude anti-Catholic conspiracism had died out with JFK’s election…

[This may be less an anti-Catholic animus than grasping at straws in a failing campaign to delegitimize the Supreme Court. It does give us a revealing look at the corrupt politicization of both the media and legal Academia, however, no matter which option one takes. — Ed]