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 (or lack thereof) 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.

Members

The Committee is chaired by Republican Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania. The Democratic ranking member is Senator Patrick Leahy from Vermont. The members of the Committee are:

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• Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania), chairman
• Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
• Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)
• Jon L. Kyl (R-Arizona)
• R. Michael DeWine (R-Ohio)
• Jefferson B. Sessions III (R-Alabama)
• Lindsey O. Graham (R-South Carolina)
• John Cornyn (R-Texas)
• Samuel D. Brownback (R-Kansas)
• Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma)
• Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vermont), ranking Democratic member
• Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
• Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Delaware)
• Herbert Kohl (D-Wisconsin)
• Dianne G. B. Feinstein (D-California)
• Russell Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
• Charles E. Schumer (D-New York)
• Richard J. Durbin (D-Illinois)