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Shouldn't every judge on the Supreme court be a declared Atheist?

Skipping over this Kavannaugh mess for a moment.
The Supreme court is there to oversee the rule of law for all citizens throughout the land. The statue of Justice holds scales to evenly weigh evidence and wears a blindfold to block out anything else from her deliberations. Since race and religion are possible influences, and since race is outlawed as a legal reason to be influenced, while religion is at the core of believers values, wouldn't it make sense that only judges who had no loyalty higher than the law of the land should sit on its highest court?
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No because people are not robots - they do have religious beliefs too -
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Sure.. Take them to church. That's where they belong. A court of law is about law applied in this life and justice is blind.. @MarmeeMarch
@whowasthatmaskedman in an ideal world - you cant turn off a belief at the entry doors of the Supremes at flick of a switch
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Maybe. But I don't see a lot of that happening at the moment. Even Roe V Wade is essentially a religious argument.@MarmeeMarch
@whowasthatmaskedman Yea - you should go on OYEZ - I think that is the site and you can read and listen to actual Supremes back in the day... Even RvW
@whowasthatmaskedman OK - so what should be the banning of the latest member of the Supremes to serve on an sexual accusation many years ago - if you want a judge to have blinders on and only look at the fact then you should look at the judge as a decision maker not a pervert. Look a Hugo Black years ago - a proud member of the KKK.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Yes. A person with a public bias like that has now place in a court of justice either. Obviously in an ideal situation the Supreme court would not be a political appointment at all but a legal one..@MarmeeMarch