It's what happens when you stack the Supreme Court with people prepared to construct a tottering pile of piffle to support a decision that they have already made.
It's quite incredible to me that all 9 justices profess one religion or another which in my somewhat idealised world would make them unsuitable for the job. There are 6 Catholics, 2 protestants (one of whom is Ketanji Jackson) and 1 Jew.
I only mention Jackson because I recall her being asked at the hearings and she replied that she was a non-denominational protestant. However she is not as far as anyone has been able to find out associated with any church so it's probably the US version of "put me down as CofE", and she probably thought that is she said "I'm not superstitious" then she wouldn't get the job.
The official doctrine of Catholicism is to oppose abortion on all but essential grounds (such as the necessity to remove the womb to save a woman's life) but I haven't seen any discussion as to whether the Catholic justices should recuse themselves.
Religion and justice are incompatible.
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