United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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The United States 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 also has a broad jurisdiction over matters relating to federal criminal law.

The committee, along with the Finance and Foreign Relations committees, is one of the oldest in the Senate, having been initially created in 1816.

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

Majority
Member State
  Patrick Leahy, Chairman Vermont
  Edward Kennedy Massachusetts
  Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Delaware
  Herb Kohl Wisconsin
  Dianne Feinstein California
  Russ Feingold Wisconsin
  Chuck Schumer New York
  Richard Durbin Illinois
  Benjamin Cardin Maryland
  Sheldon Whitehouse Rhode Island
Minority
Member State
  Arlen Specter, Ranking Member Pennsylvania
  Orrin Hatch Utah
  Chuck Grassley Iowa
  Jon Kyl Arizona
  Jeff Sessions Alabama
  Lindsey Graham South Carolina
  John Cornyn Texas
  Sam Brownback Kansas
  Tom Coburn Oklahoma

Subcommittee Chair Ranking member
Administrative Oversight and the Courts Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Herbert Kohl (D-WI) Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
The Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Russ Feingold (D-WI) Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Human Rights and the Law Richard Durbin (D-IL) Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Crime and Drugs Joe Biden (D-DE) Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Ted Kennedy (D-MA) John Cornyn (R-TX)
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Jon Kyl (R-AZ)

Chairman Party State Years
Dudley Chase Democratic-Republican Vermont 1816–1817
John J. Crittenden Democratic-Republican Kentucky 1817–1818
James Burrill, Jr. Federalist Rhode Island 1818–1819
William Smith Democratic-Republican South Carolina 1819–1823
Martin Van Buren Democratic-Republican New York 1823–1828
John M. Berrien Jacksonian Georgia 1828–1829
John Rowan Democratic-Republican Kentucky 1829–1831
William L. Marcy Jacksonian New York 1831–1832
William Wilkins Democratic Pennsylvania 1832-1833
John M. Clayton Whig Delaware 1833–1836
Felix Grundy Jacksonian Tennessee 1836-1838
Garret D. Wall Democratic New Jersey 1838–1841
John M. Berrien Whig Georgia 1841–1845
Chester Ashley Democratic Arkansas 1845–1847
Andrew P. Butler Democratic South Carolina 1847–1857
James A. Bayard, Jr. Democratic Delaware 1857–1861
Lyman Trumbull Republican Illinois 1861-1872
George F. Edmunds Republican Vermont 1872–1879
Allen G. Thurman Democratic Ohio 1879–1881
George F. Edmunds Republican Vermont 1881–1891
George Frisbie Hoar Republican Massachusetts 1891–1893
James L. Pugh Democratic Alabama 1893–1895
George Frisbie Hoar Republican Massachusetts 1895–1904
Orville H. Platt Republican Connecticut 1904-1905
Clarence D. Clark Republican Wyoming 1905-1912
Charles Allen Culberson Democratic Texas 1912-1919
Knute Nelson Republican Minnesota 1919–1923
Frank B. Brandegee Republican Connecticut 1923–1924
Albert B. Cummins Republican Iowa 1924–1926
George William Norris Republican Nebraska 1926–1933
Henry F. Ashurst Democratic Arizona 1933–1941
Frederick Van Nuys Democratic Indiana 1941–1945
Pat McCarran Democratic Nevada 1945–1947
Alexander Wiley Republican Wisconsin 1947–1949
Pat McCarran Democratic Nevada 1949–1953
William Langer Republican North Dakota 1953–1955
Harley M. Kilgore Democratic West Virginia 1955–1956
James Eastland Democratic Mississippi 1956–1978
Edward M. Kennedy Democratic Massachusetts 1978–1981
Strom Thurmond Republican South Carolina 1981–1987
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Democratic Delaware 1987–1995
Orrin Hatch Republican Utah 1995–2001
Patrick Leahy [1] Democratic Vermont 2001
Orrin Hatch Republican Utah 2001
Patrick Leahy [2] Democratic Vermont 2001–2003
Orrin Hatch Republican Utah 2003-2005
Arlen Specter Republican Pennsylvania 2005-2007
Patrick Leahy Democratic Vermont 2007–present
  1. ^ When the Senate convened in January 2001 17 days before President George W. Bush was inaugurated, there was a 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans with Vice President Al Gore as a tiebreaking vote.
  2. ^ In June 2001, Republican Jim Jeffords declared himself an Independent and caucused with the Democrats, giving the Democrats majority control.

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