Joy Ann Reid: Can We Really Trust Catholic Judges in the Hobby Lobby Case?

‘The court that will decide includes six Catholic justices, some of whom have not been shy about asserting their religion’

High court with vocally devout justices set to hear religious objections to health-care law (The Washington Post)

There’s something that makes the current Supreme Court different from some of its recent predecessors.

The justices got religion.

Or at least they seem more open about their faith, appearing before devout audiences and talking more about how religion shaped their lives or guides them now.

As the court this week weighs religious conviction vs. legal obligation in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act, those who study the court say the change is hard to quantify but easy to notice.

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