Possibility In Offing of Supreme Court Without Protestant Justices

NPR yesterday reported that with the anticipated retirement this year of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the country for the first time may have a Supreme Court with no Protestant Justices. The two leading candidates to replace Stevens-- U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan and D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland-- are both Jewish. If one of them is ultimately confirmed, the Court would have 6 Catholic and 3 Jewish justices.