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All Along The Watchtower
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« on: August 14, 2015, 11:51:43 AM »

It's also hilarious that the Supreme Court doesn't have a Protestant.

But not really that surprising, considering that mainline Protestants have been declining as a share of the US population (even in the elite/Establishment population, where they have historically been dominant) for several decades now, and that non-mainliners (especially evangelicals-both black and white) are quite likely statistically underrepresented among elite law school graduates.

Also, it's not like presidents these days are particularly interested in nominating Protestants to the Supreme Court. If you're a Democratic president, the political returns aren't that great for nominating a Protestant, while if you're a Republican, mainliners aren't exactly known for being the most politically conservative group these days - and finding an evangelical candidate who would survive a Senate confirmation hearing might be a bit hard. Tongue Lastly, since mainline Protestants are rather evenly split between the parties (nationwide) and kinda  have a reputation for being (relative) "Moderate Heroes" (both politically and theologically Tongue ) , when combined with them being emblematic of the historical Establishment, perhaps both Republican and Democratic presidents reckon that they're not a target demographic that they need to "reach out" to.


Alternatively, this could all be a big coincidence, and I'm over-speculating. meh, effortposts.

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