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2020 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 23
BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHEXNAYDER, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BAGLEY,
BEAULLIEU, BISHOP, BUTLER, CARRIER, CREWS, DEVILLIER,
DESHOTEL, ECHOLS, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FIRMENT,
FRIEMAN, GAROFALO, HODGES, HORTON, HUVAL, ILLG, MIKE
JOHNSON, MAGEE, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND, MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN,
MIGUEZ, MINCEY, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN, PRESSLY, RISER,
ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SEABAUGH, STEFANSKI, TARVER, THOMAS,
THOMPSON, VILLIO, WHEAT, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE AND SENATORS
ABRAHAM, ALLAIN, BERNARD, CATHEY, CLOUD, CONNICK, CORTEZ,
FESI, FOIL, HENSGENS, HEWITT, LAMBERT, MCMATH, MILLIGAN, FRED
MILLS, MIZELL, MORRIS, PEACOCK, POPE, TALBOT, AND WARD
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To memorialize the United States Senate to take such actions as are necessary to confirm
President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United
States Supreme Court to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
WHEREAS, the United States of America was founded on the precepts of freedom,
liberty, justice, and diversity; and
WHEREAS, a primary mission of the United States Senate is to ensure that the
judiciary maintains integrity; and
WHEREAS, Judge Amy Coney Barrett has served on the United States Court of
Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 2017; and
WHEREAS, Amy Coney Barrett was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up
in Metairie, Louisiana; after graduating from St. Mary's Dominican High School in 1990,
she attended Rhodes College and graduated magna cum laude in 1994 with a bachelor of arts
degree in English literature; she then studied law at Notre Dame Law School, graduating
first in her class summa cum laude in 1997 with a juris doctorate degree and serving as
executive editor of the Notre Dame Law Review; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of her law school studies, Amy Coney Barrett served
as judicial law clerk for Judge Laurence Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 1998 and Justice Antonin Scalia of the United
States Supreme Court from 1998 to 1999; and
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WHEREAS, Judge Amy Coney Barrett has worked in both private trial and appellate
litigation in Washington, D.C.; during this time, she also worked for more than fifteen years
in academia, including at her alma mater, Notre Dame Law School, and has been published
in several prominent journals including the Columbia Law Review, Virginia Law Review,
and Texas Law Review; and
WHEREAS, Judge Amy Coney Barrett has earned accolades and bipartisan praise
for her character and work ethic and has demonstrated a steadfast dedication to upholding
the United States Constitution as written and not legislating from the bench; her excellent
judicial record shows she will protect the rights of Americans and defend the rule of law.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
memorialize the United States Senate to take such actions as are necessary to confirm the
nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
presiding officers of the Senate and to the Honorable Bill Cassidy and the Honorable John
Kennedy.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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