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.

Members, The Committee is chaired by Republican Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania. The Ranking Minority Member is Democrat Patrick Leahy from Vermont.

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Republicans			Democrats
Member		State	Member		State |- |bgcolor=|	Arlen Specter, Chairman	Pennsylvania	#3333FF >	Patrick Leahy, Ranking Minority Member	Vermont |- |bgcolor=|	Orrin Hatch	Utah	#3333FF >	Ted Kennedy	Massachusetts |- |bgcolor=|	Charles Grassley	Iowa	#3333FF >	Joe Biden	Delaware |- |bgcolor=|	Jon Kyl	Arizona	#3333FF >	Herb Kohl	Wisconsin |- |bgcolor=|	Mike DeWine	Ohio	#3333FF >	Dianne Feinstein	California |- |bgcolor=|	Jeff Sessions	Alabama	#3333FF >	Russ Feingold	Wisconsin |- |bgcolor=|	Lindsey Graham	South Carolina	#3333FF >	Chuck Schumer	New York |- |bgcolor=|	John Cornyn	Texas	#3333FF >	Richard Durbin	Illinois |- |bgcolor=|	Sam Brownback	Kansas
Tom Coburn	Oklahoma

Subcommittees

• Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
• *Chairman: Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama
• *Ranking Member: Chuck Schumer, D-New York
• Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
• *Chairman: Mike DeWine, R-Ohio
• *Ranking Member: Herbert Kohl, D-Wisconsin
• Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
• *Chairman: Sam Brownback, R-Kansas
• *Ranking Member: Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin
• Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation
• *Chairman: Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma
• *Ranking Member: Richard Durbin, D-Illinois
• Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
• *Chairman: Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina
• *Ranking Member: Joe Biden, D-Delaware
• Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship
• *Chairman: John Cornyn, R-Texas
• *Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy, D-Massachusetts
• Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
• *Chairman: Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
• *Ranking Member: Pat Leahy, D-Vermont
• Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
• *Chairman: Jon Kyl, R-Arizona
• *Ranking Member: Dianne Feinstein, D-California

Chairmen since 1816

Name	Party	State	Year
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

External link

• [United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Official Website]

See also

• Samuel Alito Supreme Court nomination

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