Over 100 Conservatives Condemn Attacks on the Religious Faith of Judge Amy Coney Barrett
The Conservative Action Project yesterday released a Memo for the Movement, signed by 114 conservative leaders, entitled "Conservatives Condemn Attacks on the Religious Faith of

Judge Amy Coney Barrett." The memo outlines and condemns the despicable attacks on prospective Supreme Court nominee Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a former Notre Dame University law school professor and clerk for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
September 24, 2020
Washington, DC
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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Ed Corrigan
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Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
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Rachel Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
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Tom McClusky
President
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Scott T. Parkinson
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President
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Craig Shirley
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Charlie Gerow
Vice Chairman
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Randall S. Page
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Paige Patterson
President
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Grace-Marie Turner
President
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Seton Motley
President
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The Honorable Peter Thomas
Chairman
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President
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Jack Park
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Carrie Lukas
President
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James L. Martin
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Chad Connelly
President
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Thomas Pyle
President
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Kevin Freeman
Founder
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Michelle Easton
President, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women
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President
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C. Preston Noell III
President
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Kielle C. Horton
President
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Andresen Blom
President
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Elaine Donnelly
President
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Tim LeFever
Chairman
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Dr. Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
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Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property
Gerard Kassar
State Chairman
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Martha Boneta
President
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Dr. Frank Wright
CEO
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Lee Beaman
CEO
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Sal Russo
Co-Founder an Chief Strategist
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Jeremy Cerone
CEO
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Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
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Haley E. Martin
President
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Christina Murphy Lusk
Campaign for the American Future
The Honorable Terrence Scanlon
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Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President, Republic Book Publishers
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute & Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
Penny Y. Nance
President & CEO
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The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
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Mary Vought
Executive Director
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Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc. & President and CEO, First Liberty Institute
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Chairman
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L. Brent Bozell, III
Founder and President
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President
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Christopher Malagisi
Executive Director of Outreach
Hillsdale College
Noah Wall
Vice President of Advocacy
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U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
U.S. Secretary of Interior (1985-1989)
David Bozell
President
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The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Tim Chapman
Executive Director
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Thomas Fitton
President
Judicial Watch, Inc.
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Budget Director for President Reagan (1985-1988)
Joseph R. Gregory
CEO
Gregory Management Co.
Gary Marx
Senior Advisor
Judicial Crisis Network
Kristen Waggoner
General Counsel
Alliance Defending Freedom
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
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Ambassador Henry F. Cooper
President Reagan's Chief Defense and Space Negotiator & Former SDI Director
William H. Shaker
CEO
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Amapola Hansberger
President
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Bob Carlstrom
President
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Ron Robinson
President
Young America's Foundation
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
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Jeff Hunt
Director
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Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Jennifer Braceras
Director
Independent Women's Law Center
Heather R. Higgins
CEO
Independent Women's Voice
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Richard Michael Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Rob Chambers
Vice President
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Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
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Willes K. Lee
President, National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Lori Roman
President, American Constitutional Rights Union Action
Ralph A. Rebandt II
Lead Pastor
Oakland Hills Community Church
Randy M. Long
Founder
Long Business Advisors, LLC
E.C. Sykes
General Partner - Aslan Ventures
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Paavo Ensio
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Ed Martin
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Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Michael Horowitz
CEO, Twenty First Century Initiatives, Reagan Administration OMB General Counsel
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Jay Mount
President
MDS Communications Corporation
Roxanne Phillips
Member, Executive Committee
Council for National Policy
Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr.
Vice President & Legal Director
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Melissa Kaye Ortiz
Blogger/Admin at DCBelleonWheels.com
Principal & Founder, Able Americans
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Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain, National Federation of Republican Assemblies
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Senior Partner
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