United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. The Judiciary Committee is charged with conducting hearings prior to the Congressional confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, and district court judges. In recent years, this role has made the committee increasingly a point of contention, with numerous party-line votes and standoffs over which judges should be approved.
The committee, along with the Finance and Foreign Relations committees, is among the oldest in the Senate, having been initially created in 1816.
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Members, 109th Congress
The Committee is chaired by Republican Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania. The Ranking Minority Member is Democrat Patrick Leahy from Vermont.
Republicans
Democrats
Subcommittees
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
- Chairman: Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama
- Ranking Member: Chuck Schumer, D-New York
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
- Chairman: Mike DeWine, R-Ohio
- Ranking Member: Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
- Chairman: Sam Brownback, R-Kansas
- Ranking Member: Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Chairman: Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma
- Ranking Member: Richard Durbin, D-Illinois
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
- Chairman: Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina
- Ranking Member: Joseph Biden, D-Delaware
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship
- Chairman: John Cornyn, R-Texas
- Ranking Member: Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
- Chairman: Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
- Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont
- U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
- Chairman: Jon Kyl, R-Arizona
- Ranking Member: Dianne Feinstein, D-California
Chairmen since 1816
- Dudley Chase (R-VT) 1816-1817
- John J. Crittenden (R-KY) 1817-1818
- James Burrill, Jr. (F-RI) 1818-1819
- William Smith (R-SC) 1819-1823
- Martin Van Buren (R/D-NY) 1823-1828
- John Macpherson Berrien (D-GA) 1828-1829
- John Rowan (D-KY) 1829-1831
- William L. Marcy (D-NY) 1831-1832
- William Wilkins (D-PA) 1832-1833
- John M. Clayton (W-DE) 1833-1836
- Felix Grundy (D-TN) 1836-1838
- Garret D. Wall (D-NJ) 1838-1841
- John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA) 1841-1845
- Chester Ashley (D-AR) 1845-1847
- Andrew P. Butler (D-SC) 1847-1857
- James Bayard, Jr. (D-DE) 1857-1861
- Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) 1861-1872
- George F. Edmunds (R-VT) 1872-1879
- Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) 1879-1881
- George F. Edmunds (R-VT) 1881-1891
- George F. Hoar (R-MA) 1891-1893
- James Pugh (D-AL) 1893-1895
- George F. Hoar (R-MA) 1895-1904
- Orville Platt (R-CT) 1904-1905
- Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) 1905-1912
- Charles A. Culberson (D-TX) 1912-1919
- Knute Nelson (R-MN) 1919-1923
- Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT) 1923-1924
- Albert B. Cummins (R-IA) 1924-1926
- George W. Norris (R-NE) 1926-1933
- Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) 1933-1941
- Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) 1941-1945
- Pat McCarran (D-NV) 1945-1947
- Alexander Wiley (R-WI) 1947-1949
- Pat McCarran (D-NV) 1949-1953
- William Langer (R-ND) 1953-1955
- Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) 1955-1956
- James O. Eastland (D-MS) 1956-1978
- Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 1978-1981
- Strom Thurmond (R-SC) 1981-1987
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 1987-1995
- Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 1995-2001
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) 2001
- Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 2001
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) 2001-2003
- Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 2003-2005
- Arlen Specter (R-PA) 2005-present