{"id":6299,"date":"2010-05-12T11:14:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/05\/no-protestants-on-scotus.html"},"modified":"2010-05-12T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T11:14:03","slug":"no-protestants-on-scotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/05\/no-protestants-on-scotus.html","title":{"rendered":"No Protestants on SCOTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/assets_c\/2009\/01\/Lawbook-2978.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/01\/Lawbook-thumb-333x272-2978.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"272\" alt=\"Lawbook.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span>Here&#8217;s the new question at the &#8220;On Faith&#8221; discussion at the Washington Post. What do you think? Does it matter? Does theology matter? Does theology matter when it comes to rendering legal judgment?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">If Elena Kagan is confirmed to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court would for the first time in its history be without a justice belonging to America&#8217;s largest religious affiliations &#8212; the Protestant traditions. If Kagan is confirmed, six of the justices will be Roman Catholic and three will be Jewish. Should the Supreme Court be more representative of America&#8217;s religious traditions? Does religion matter in the mix of experience and expertise that a president seeks in a Supreme Court nominee?<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the new question at the &#8220;On Faith&#8221; discussion at the Washington Post. What do you think? Does it matter? Does theology matter? Does theology matter when it comes to rendering legal judgment? 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