Whereas Amy Coney Barrett served as a law clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Whereas Amy Coney Barrett served as a law clerk in the Supreme Court; Whereas Amy Coney Barrett served as a professor at Notre Dame School of Law for 15 years; Whereas, on May 8, 2017, President Donald J. Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Whereas, on October 31, 2017, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by the Senate to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit with bipartisan support; Whereas, on September 26, 2020, President Donald J. Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court; Whereas Judge Amy Coney Barrett has successfully balanced faith, family, and professional responsibilities, including adopting two children from Haiti; Whereas Judge Amy Coney Barrett loves the Constitution and respects the original intent of America’s Founding Fathers in drafting the Constitution and Bill of Rights; Whereas, since the start of her Senate confirmation hearing in 2017, Judge Amy Coney Barrett has faced unwarranted attacks on her constitutional right to exercise her religious faith; Whereas Senator Diane Feinstein attacked Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s faith during her 2017 Senate confirmation hearing by stating the dogma lives loudly within you ; Whereas Senator Mazie Hirono recently stated that Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s religious views should not be off-limits in the upcoming Supreme Court confirmation hearings; Whereas in a recent Committee hearing in the House of Representatives, a Member of Congress stated that (Catholics) shouldn’t have a monopoly on the bench ; Whereas a recent Reuters Politics headline about Judge Amy Coney Barrett read: Handmaid’s Tale? U.S. Supreme Court candidate’s religious community under scrutiny.