IT’S CATHOLIC As recently as 1981, only 1 of the 9 Justices was Catholic. Today, in a country that is 20% Catholic, all but 2 of the 9 Justices are Catholic. One, Sotomayor, is a liberal; Opus Dei -affiliated Leonard Leo had a hand in appointing the other 6. IT’S CHANGED The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just after 6 p.m. on a February evening in 2016, the Supreme Court issued a cryptic, one paragraph ruling that sent both climate policy and the court itself spinning in new directions. For two centuries, the court had generally handled major cases at a stately pace that encouraged care and deliberation , relying on written briefs, oral arguments and in-person discussions.…