USA is foundational a 'protestant' nation which would come along with all of the skeptical catholic prejudices and there just were not that many of them early o

USA is foundational a 'protestant' nation which would come along with all of the skeptical catholic prejudices and there just were not that many of them early on. The influx of Irish and Italians would be the significant factor, and later, large Latino population but that would have happened when being 'Catholic' wouldn't have been as clearly relevant. JFK's Catholicism was a bit of a big deal, Joe Biden ... not at all. But if you want a mind bender, have a look: John Roberts (Chief Justice) Catholicism G.W. Bush 2005 Clarence Thomas Catholicism G.H.W. Bush 1991 Stephen Breyer Judaism Clinton 1994 Samuel Alito Catholicism G.W. Bush 2006 Sonia Sotomayor Catholicism Obama 2009 Elena Kagan Judaism Obama 2010 Neil Gorsuch Anglicanism / Catholicism[83][84] Trump 2017 Brett Kavanaugh Catholicism Trump 2018 Amy Coney Barrett Catholicism Trump 2020 While the commentor above is correct to point out that Catholicism would have lost 'institutional' power after thew war, in that, it couldn't just 'direct people to do stuff' ... cabals obviously exist within the system to create such disproportionately favorable outcomes. I mean that seems all 'conspiratorial' and what not, but I think it would be naive to contemplate otherwise and of course such groups and systems are all over the place, for every 'interest', I'm not singling out any group.