...to the Supreme Court as well as a revamping of the Justice Department. All of that is going to come before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Leahy said. As a former prosecutor, for me that is sort of like going to heaven. Im pretty excited by it. Leahy...
...of a federal judgeships bill that would create 14 new court of appeals judgeships and 52 new district judgeships. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Pat Leahy introduced a bill, S. 2774 (available here), to do exactly that last March, and the bill, now...
...role Holder played in the Marc Rich pardon. Senator Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania and other Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee who were asked about Holder as being confirmable without a fight indicated that the Rich issue was a concern but no...
...Vice President Al Gore, but he's no stranger to Vice President-elect Joe Biden, having served as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee when Biden was the committee chairman. Klain also served as general counsel of Gore's 2000 Florida recount...
Background
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.
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