 A number of sizable religious groups , each less than 2 % of the U.S. population , have had no members appointed as justices . These include Orthodox Christians , Mormons , Pentecostals , Muslims , Hindus , Buddhists , and Sikhs . George Sutherland has been described as a " lapsed Mormon " because he was raised in the LDS Church , his parents having immigrated to the United States during Sutherland 's infancy to join that church . Sutherland 's parents soon left the LDS Church and moved to Montana . Sutherland himself also disaffiliated with the faith , but remained in Utah and graduated from Brigham Young Academy in 1881 , the only non @-@ Mormon in his class . In 1975 , Attorney General Edward H. Levi had listed Dallin H. Oaks , a Mormon who had clerked for Earl Warren and was then president of Brigham Young University , as a potential nominee for Gerald Ford . Ford " crossed Oaks 's name off the list early on , noting in the margin that a member of the LDS Church might bring a ' confirmation fight ' " . 
