The Catholic and Jewish Court: Explaining the Absence of Protestants on the Nation's Highest Judicial Body
Following the 2006 retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor and the confirmation of Samuel Alito to succeed her, Roman Catholics formed a majority on the United States Supreme Court for the first time in this institution's 210-year history. This Catholic majority was further strengthened by the a...
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 359-396 |
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