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Ben Sasse defends Barrett's religion: "As somebody who's self-consciously a Christian, we got a whole bunch of really weird beliefs. Forgiveness of sins, the virgin birth, resurrection from death, eternal life. A whole bunch of really, really crazy ideas that are a lot weirder.."

"...than some Catholic moms giving each other advice about parenting," he says, in context of arguing that Barrett's religious views should be of no relevance to the Judiciary Committee.

COONS: "Judge Barrett, I’m not suggesting you made some secret deal with President Trump, but I believe the reason you were chosen is precisely because your judicial philosophy, as repeatedly stated, could lead to the outcomes President Trump has sought."

Richard Blumenthal says conservatives who picked Amy Coney Barrett "want an activist judge — they want someone who will legislate from the bench and strike down laws supported by a vast majority of the American people." "And that activism uses originalism as a smoke screen."

Richard Blumenthal to Amy Coney Barrett: "Your participation, let me be very blunt, in any case involving Donald Trump's election would immediately do explosive enduring harm to the Court's legitimacy and to your own credibility. You must recuse yourself."

The hearing continues, and Mazie Hirono is up, decrying this as a "hypocritical, illegitimate process."

Mazie Hirono wraps after pushing a similar message on ACA, taking about her own fight with cancer. She, too, doesn't mention Amy Coney Barrett's religion.

Joni Ernst is up, focusing her speech heavily on religion, saying Amy Coney Barrett's opponents keep "attacking your faith and your precious family... attacking you as a mom and a woman of faith." (Only Republicans have brought up her Catholicism at this hearing.)