Why are six of the nine Supreme Court justices Catholic? The answer, writes Greenhouse, can be “summarized in one word: abortion.” While a president isn’t supposed to demand a quid-pro-quo pledge to end Roe v. Wade, the assumption is that an observant Catholic will quietly do their best to undermine the constitutional right to abortion. Thus it surely was when Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, who, though well prepared for the post—a Notre Dame Law professor called her the … Read the rest



