Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings begin Monday. Here's how she'll open.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court begin Monday.

Only three Democrats voted in favor of her nomination in 2017, and none are expected to do so now. They've accused the Republicans of being hypocrites for rushing through the nomination in the final weeks of the election after GOP senators refused to even consider then-President Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland in early 2016 because, they argued, it was an election year.

During Barrett's 2017 confirmation hearing, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., questioned whether her beliefs wouldBarrett responded,"It's never appropriate for a judge to impose that judge's personal convictions, whether they arise from faith or anywhere else, on the law."

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