the Supreme Court

It looks like the Senate will be voting to approve John Roberts to the Supreme Court, maybe this week. While I am pleased that Judge Roberts appears to be a strict constructionalist, and hopefully he will not try to create laws, but interpret the law based on the constitution. I am still a little disappointed that we have not seen a "truly" conservative Christian on the bench. I would hope with the convictions that President Bush has displayed we might one day see a Baptist nominated to the court. Surely there has to be someone out there qualified. I realize that the nominee to replace Justice O'Conner will most likely be a female, and I have no problem with that. Deborah was one of the best judges in Israel's history as we can read in the Old Testament.
Judges 4:4
4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

You can see from the chart below that there have been very few Baptist justices in history.

Religious Affiliation of the U.S. Supreme Court
This is what the membership of the Supreme Court will be in the future, if John Roberts is confirmed by Congress. On 1 July 2005 Sandra Day O'Conner announced her retirement, which would be effective upon confirmation of her successor.
Justice Affiliation
Stephen G. Breyer Jewish
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jewish
Anthony M. Kennedy Catholic
Antonin Scalia Catholic
David H. Souter Episcopalian
John Paul Stevens Protestant
Clarence Thomas Catholic
John Roberts Catholic







You can check out more details of past justices and their religious affiliation at
http://www.adherents.com/

Only three justices in the nation's history were Baptist:
Justice Religion
Charles E. Hughes Baptist
Howell E. Jackson Baptist
Hugo L. Black Baptist

I am not opposed to having judges of other faiths on the court, but it would be nice to see a more balanced court in regards to religious faiths. Since the majority of our nation are Protestants or Baptists, it just makes you wonder why we do not have more Baptists that could be on the court. The late Chief Justice Renquist was a Lutheran(protestant). With that said, I still do believe the Catholic justices we have are the most conservative out of the nine Supremes.

You can find more information at http://www.supremecourthistory.org/

Let's pray that President Bush will seek wisdom from God in his next selection to replace Justice O'Conner.

John Jay 1789-1795 - the first Chief Justice