U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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.

Contents 1 Members, 109th Congress 1.1 Republicans 1.2 Democrats 2 Subcommittees 3 Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, 1816-present 4 External link 5 See also

Members, 109th Congress

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

Republicans

	Senator	State
	Arlen Specter, Chairman	Pennsylvania
	Orrin Hatch	Utah
	Charles Grassley	Iowa
	Jon Kyl	Arizona
	Mike DeWine	Ohio
	Jeff Sessions	Alabama
	Lindsey Graham	South Carolina
	John Cornyn	Texas
	Sam Brownback	Kansas
	Tom Coburn	Oklahoma

Democrats

	Senator	State
	Patrick J. Leahy, Ranking Minority Member	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

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 of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, 1816-present

• 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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