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After graduating from Notre Dame, Barrett spent a year as a law clerk for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, then did the same the following year for [[Supreme Court]] Associate Justice [[Antonin Scalia]]. In 1999, she joined the [[Washington, D.C.]] law firm Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, where she litigated cases in constitutional, criminal, and commercial law. In 2002, Barrett returned to Notre Dame to join the Law School's faculty, teaching and researching in the fields of federal courts, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation. Several of the nation's leading law journals, including the Columbia, Texas, and Virginia Law Reviews, have published scholarly articles written by her on these subjects. During her time on the Notre Dame faculty, three of the Law School's graduating classes voted her "Distinguished Professor of the Year," and former students of hers later described her as "inspirational," "always approachable," and "remarkably fair-minded and smart."<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/female-scotus-candidate-amy-coney-barrett-praised-by-her-law-school-students</ref>
After graduating from Notre Dame, Barrett spent a year as a law clerk for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, then did the same the following year for [[Supreme Court]] Associate Justice [[Antonin Scalia]]. In 1999, she joined the [[Washington, D.C.]] law firm Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, where she litigated cases in constitutional, criminal, and commercial law. In 2002, Barrett returned to Notre Dame to join the Law School's faculty, teaching and researching in the fields of federal courts, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation. Several of the nation's leading law journals, including the Columbia, Texas, and Virginia Law Reviews, have published scholarly articles written by her on these subjects. During her time on the Notre Dame faculty, three of the Law School's graduating classes voted her "Distinguished Professor of the Year," and former students of hers later described her as "inspirational," "always approachable," and "remarkably fair-minded and smart."<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/female-scotus-candidate-amy-coney-barrett-praised-by-her-law-school-students</ref>
Apart from her work at Notre Dame, Barrett has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and the George Washington University Law School, and is a member of the American Law Institute. From 2010 to 2016, she was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.<ref>https://law.nd.edu/directory/amy-barrett/</ref>
Apart from her work at Notre Dame, Barrett has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and the George Washington University Law School, and is a member of the American Law Institute. From 2010 to 2016, she was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.<ref>https://law.nd.edu/directory/amy-barrett/</ref>
==Federal Judicial Career==
On May 8, 2017, President Trump nominated Barrett for the position of Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, succeeding Judge John Daniel Tinder.
Her nomination was heard in September by the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Barrett was sharply criticized by its [[Democratic]] members, including [[Dick Durbin]] and [[Dianne Feinstein]], who seemed less concerned about her legal and judicial credentials than about whether she would uphold ''[[Roe vs. Wade]]''. In 1998, Barrett had written that Catholic judges who objected to [[capital punishment]] on religious grounds should consider recusing themselves; moreover, during her time at Notre Dame she had been part of a [[pro-life]] faculty organization, and in 2015 had signed a joint letter to Catholic bishops affirming "the value of human life from conception to natural death." Though Barrett stated during the hearing that judges must rule according to the law and not to their personal opinions, Feinstein and Durbin remained hostile, Feinstein in particular remarking that "the dogma lives loudly within you": a line that drew considerable criticism from some observers, who raised concerns that Senate Democrats were applying an unconstitutional "religious test" to Barrett.
In October 2017, Barrett's nomination was passed through the committee on a party-line vote and brought before the Senate, which voted to confirm her by a vote of 55-42. She won the support of all [[Republican]] senators, as well as three Democrats ([[Joe Donnelly]], [[Tim Kaine]], and [[Joe Manchin]]). Barrett was the first woman appointed to the federal courts during Trump's presidency.
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