Conservatives condemn the attacks on President Trump’s potential Supreme Court nominees, including Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The Constitution mandates that there is no religious test to hold public office, and we reject the so-called “critiques” of Barrett’s faith which merely act as a guise under which that test is applied.

Judge Barrett was already subjected to outright anti-Catholic bigotry from Senator Dianne Feinstein in her confirmation hearing for the Seventh Circuit in 2017. “The dogma lives loudly within you,” said the senator, openly asserting that Barrett’s Catholic faith would prevent her from fulfilling her role as a neutral arbiter. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) took issue with Barrett’s use of the term “orthodox Catholic” in an article she authored as a law student.

This type of open condemnation of people of faith has become par for the course among Senate Democrats, and a willing media which abets them. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) inferred that OMB Director Russell Vought was anti-Muslim for holding basic Christian beliefs about salvation. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) believes membership in the Catholic service group, Knights of Columbus, should disqualify one from judicial service.

Such attacks are not “vetting.” They are not sincere efforts to determine a nominee’s jurisprudence. They are grotesque distortions of the Constitution, of America’s long and legally protected tradition of religious liberty, and a repugnant display of anti-religious bigotry.

We condemn the attacks on Judge Barrett and all of the president’s nominees for public service.

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Attorney General
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Chairman
American Conservative Union (ACU)

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Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
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Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.

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President & CEO
Concerned Women for America

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President
Family Research Council

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Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)

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Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund

Rachel Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI

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Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
President and CEO, First Liberty Institute

Tom McClusky
President
March for Life Action

Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund

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Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

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Founder and President
Media Research Center

The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute

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President
Club for Growth

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VP for Government Affairs
Club for Growth

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Executive Director of Outreach
Hillsdale College

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President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.

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Vice President of Advocacy
FreedomWorks

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White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)

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U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
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U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio

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President
ForAmerica

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Director, Center for Energy and Environment
Competitive Enterprise Institute

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Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)

William L. Walton
President
Council for National Policy

Tim Chapman
Executive Director
Stand for America

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Executive Vice President
Family Research Council

Thomas Fitton
President
Judicial Watch, Inc.

Grover Norquist
President
Americans for Tax Reform

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Budget Director for President Reagan (1985-1988)

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General Counsel
National Center for Public Policy Research

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CEO
Gregory Management Co.

Alan Sears
Founder
Alliance Defending Freedom

Gary Marx
Senior Advisor
Judicial Crisis Network

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CEO
Young America’s Foundation

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General Counsel
Alliance Defending Freedom

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President
Public Interest Legal Foundation

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President
American Values

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President & CEO
The Buckeye Institute

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Presidential Historian
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CEO
Washington Marketing Group

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American Conservative Union

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President
Legal Immigrants for America

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Chief of Staff
Bob Jones University

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President
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President
Sandy Creek Foundation

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President
Young America’s Foundation

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President
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President
Lindsey Communications

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Chairman
The Conservative Caucus

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Tea Party Patriots Action

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Founder and CEO
CorsiNation.com

Jeff Hunt
Director
Centennial Institute

Khadine Ritter, Esq.
President
Eagle Forum of Ohio

Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary

Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Law Offices of Jack Park

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Director
Independent Women’s Law Center

Ben Case
CEO
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CEO
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President
Independent Women’s Forum

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Founder
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60 Plus Association

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President
60 Plus Association

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President
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President
Americans for Limited Government

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President
American Energy Alliance

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Vice President
AFA Action

Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute

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Pastor
Grace Chapel

Michelle Easton
President
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women

Richard D. Hayes
Partner
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President
Admiral Property Company

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President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies

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President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.

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President
The Lindsey Foundation

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President
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President
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Lead Pastor
Oakland Hills Community Church

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President
Center for Military Readiness

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Founder
Long Business Advisors, LLC

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Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute

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General Partner – Aslan Ventures
Republican Nominee – NC Secretary of State

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Media Research Center

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Chairman
Universal Minerals Group

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Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property

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President
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State Chairman
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CEO
Twenty First Century Initiatives, Reagan Administration OMB General Counsel

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President
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Partner
OnMessage Inc.

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CEO
D. James Kennedy Ministries

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MDS Communications Corporation

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CEO
Beaman Automotive Group

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Member, Executive Committee
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Co-Founder an Chief Strategist
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The Martin Organization, Inc.

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President
The Martin Foundation

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Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies

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Campaign for the American Future

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Senior Partner
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Founder & President
Dr. James Dobson Family Institute

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President Emeritus
Eagle Forum

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President & CEO
Rally Forge

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Senior Advisor
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CEO
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Representative
Florida State House

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The Capitalist League

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