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Mr Kennedy has upheld Roe and Mr Scalia has blasted the papal line on the death penalty. Clarence Thomas, who has returned to Rome since being appointed to the court, has generally stuck to the Scalia line on matters Catholic.
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becoming ever less distinctive as conservative Catholics slide into the pews with conservative evangelicals, and liberal Catholics swap ideas with liberal Protestants. Three of Mr Alito's most bitter critics in the Senate were fellow Catholics—Edward Kennedy, Patrick Air Max 90and Richard Durbin. Which is surely a triumph for the American way.
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