And Alito Makes It Five

What is significant about the number 5? The number 5 represents the "majority" on the U.S. Supreme Court. When Alito is placed on the Supreme Court there will be five Catholics sitting on the Bench, constituting a Catholic majority. A good-bad thing? I don't know but it makes me leery for the following reasons.
Ordinarily a judge's religion doesn't matter (protestant, Jewish etc.) but the last Presidential election raised some doubts in my mind as to the "neutrality" of the Catholic church regarding U.S. politics and its laws. The Catholic church is unique in that it is a political as well as religious power; the Vatican is a dictatorship of sorts, whose dictates are binding on all who "belong" to it. The members aren't thrown in jail when they don't agree or break the Church's mandates, but their souls are punished, which to some might be a worse fate.
The Catholic Church is very active in secular affairs; attempting to censor written and aired material, pushing for laws that support their moral and political agendas--in other words trying to make society over in their image.
With so much power potentially being in their hands (majority on the Court) the temptation will be great to use it as they have done so many times in the past.
They pulled out all the stops in the fight against Communism--unreasonably so. Might we have lost and taken fewer lives, cost less money, and accomplished more if reason had prevailed? We will never know for the media today is run by large numbers of Catholics who aren't likely to criticize the Church.
The question boils down to--can we have a free independent Supreme Court if a foreign power can dictate how it votes? A power which also dictates to millions of our citizens as well?
When a Supreme Court judge is appointed he/she is appointed for life, which equates to 20-30 years or more. A lot of mischief can be done in that length of time. Now the problem is compounded by the number 5. Getting one judge out is hard--getting five off the court would be an impossibility, and being a majority can control our country's laws.
We are looking at the "potential" downfall of law as we know it. It "could" happen, but not necessarily will it happen.
However, bringing up the subject for debate helps to guarantee the it wont happen. Those that might abuse our trust are then on notice that the people are "aware" and "watchful". However, thee is no guarantee about anything regarding power, for the Abramoff case is an example of the public being aware of potential wrong doing and yet abuses on large scale were perpetrated.