Alito Sworn In

Samuel Alito has been sworn in as the 110th Supreme Court Justice.

Some statistics:

13% – Percentage of American population that is Roman Catholic and male. [source]

56% – Percentage of Supreme Court that is Roman Catholic and male. [Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Roberts, Kennedy]

67% 78% – Percentage of Supreme Court nominated by a Republican president. [Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Stevens]

100% – Percentage of the Catholic males on the Court nominated by a Republican president.