Roberts Would Become Supreme Court's 4th Catholic

From the Chicago Tribune:

If John Roberts Jr. is confirmed, he will be the fourth Roman Catholic on the Supreme Court, an all-time high that is focusing attention on how faith might influence law on the high court.

From abortion to capital punishment to physician-assisted suicide, the coming term offers plenty of issues in which the Catholic Church has strong interest. But history shows a justice's religion does not provide a road map for rulings.

Abortion, the main religious matter pertaining to Roberts' nomination, is a telling example. The Catholic Church's policy is that abortion is wrong in every instance.

Two of the Catholic justices on the court, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, are abortion foes. Scalia, whose son Paul is a priest, and Thomas are sometimes seen walking together to the court after attending mass on holy days of obligation.

The third Catholic, Anthony Kennedy, voted with the majority in a 5-4 ruling in 1992 reaffirming the Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, despite some apparent inner turmoil. The late Justice Harry Blackmun said Kennedy worried "about the attention he would get as a Roman Catholic reaffirming Roe."

Many would like to hear Roberts' position on abortion: An AP-Ipsos poll released last week found 52 percent of Americans want Roberts to reveal his stand on the issue before the Senate's confirmation vote.

[Full story]

My Comments:
Oh no! It's a Romish conspiracy to replace America's Constitution and English common law jurisprudence with Canon Law and Popery*!

*That's "popery" (i.e. Roman Catholicism), not potpourri (stuff that, according to some people, smells good).