Watch Live: Trump Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Gives Testimony During Senate Confirmation Hearing, Twitter Reactions

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday began hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. President Donald Trump nominated Barrett on Sept. 26, after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

During her testimony, Barrett expressed gratitude to Trump, “for entrusting me with this profound responsibility, as well as for the graciousness that he and the First Lady have shown my family throughout this process.”

Barrett is currently a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She is also a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School.

Barrett has an originalist approach to the law, inspired by Antonin Scalia.

"His judicial philosophy was straightforward: A judge must apply the law as written, not as the judge wishes it were. Sometimes that approach meant reaching results that he did not like. But as he put it in one of his best known opinions, that is what it means to say we have a government of laws, not of men," Barrett said of Scalia.

Barrett also illustrated the process for how she considers arguments and writes opinions.

"I ask myself how would I view the decision if one of my children was the party I was ruling against. Even though I would not like the result, would I understand that the decision was fairly reasoned and grounded in the law? That is the standard I set for myself in every case, and it is the standard I will follow as long as I am judge on any court," she said.

Her confirmation hearing has sparked interest on Twitter. If confirmed, Barrett would tilt the court in a more conservative direction, possibly shifting the court's stances on issues such as LGBT rights, abortion and the Affordable Care Act.