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July 13, 2009 - The first day of the confirmation hearings on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
U.S. Senate Photography Studio
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January 16, 2009 - On January 16, 2009, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr. to be the 82nd U.S. Attorney General.  Holder was confirmed by the Senate on February 2, 2009. 
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January 30, 2008 - The Senate Judiciary Committee holds periodic Department of Justice Oversight hearings with the Attorney General.  Here, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey testifies before the panel at a January 30, 2008, hearing.
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October 17, 2007
- The Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing on October 17, 2007, to consider the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be the 81st U.S. Attorney General.  The Attorney General oversees the functions of the Department of Justice, and is a member of the President's cabinet.  Attorney General Mukasey was confirmed by the Senate on November 8, 2007. 
U.S. Senate Photographic Studio

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January 9, 2006 - Confirmation proceedings on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr., to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court began on January 9, 2006.  Justice Alito was nominated to replace Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who announced her retirement in July 2005.  Upon his confirmation by the Senate on January 31, 2006, Justice Alito became the 1110th Supreme Court Justice. 
U.S. Senate Photographic Studio
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September 12, 2005 - The Senate Judiciary Committee convened the confirmation hearing for John G. Roberts, Jr
., to be the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court on September 12, 2005.  Chief Justice Roberts was originally nominated to fill a a vacancy created by the retirement of Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.  Before confirmation hearings could begin, however, the nomination was withdrawn, and Judge Roberts was nominated to be the Chief Justice following the passing of Chief Justice William Rehnquist in September 2005.  Chief Justice Roberts was confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 2005. 
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April 5, 1926 - From April 5 to April 24, 1926, a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings to debate the Volstead Act, the national prohibition law.  Pictured in the top row, left to right, are:  Henry F. Ashurst, Arthur Robinson, Richard P. Ernst, and William H. King.  Pictured seated, left to right, are: John W. Harreld, James A. Reed, Rice W. Means, Thomas J. Walks, and Guy D. Goff. 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

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January 28, 1925 - The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Harlan F. Stone to be Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.  Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee appear before the hearing, from left to right: Rice W. Means, Selden P. Spencer, Frederick H. Gillet, Richard P. Ernst, Albert B. Cummins, Lee S. Overman, Samuel M. Shortridge, James A. Reed, Henry F. Ashurst, Guy D. Goff, William H. King, and Thaddeus H. Caraway. 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
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January 28, 1925 - The Senate Judiciary Committee held the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Harlan F. Stone on January 28, 1925.  Justice Stone was the first Supreme Court nominee to testify before the Committee in person.  Pictured left to right:  Senator Albert Baird Cummins, Harlan F. Stone, and Senator Thomas James Walsh. 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

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January 23, 1880 - The Senate Judiciary Committee convened on January 23, 1880, to hear from delegates to the 12th Washington convention of the National Women-Suffrage Association.  Providing testimony to the Committee were Susan B. Anthony, Zerelda G. Wallace, Elizabeth L. Saxon, Mary A. Stewart, Lucinda B. Chandler, Julia Smith Parker, Nancy R. Allen, and Sara A. Spencer.  The transcript was printed two years later. 
Senate Misc. Doc. No. 74, 47th Congress, 1st Session
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Did You Know?  The U.S. Courts of Appeals were the first federal courts designed exclusively to hear cases on appeal from trial courts.  In an effort to relieve the caseload burden in the Supreme Court, and to handle a dramatic increase in federal filings, Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1891, establishing nine courts of appeals, one for each judicial circuit.

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