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Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittees: 107th Congress

Administrative Oversight and the Courts

Membership - 5:4

Democratic Members
Charles E. Schumer, New York (Chairman)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Republican Members
Jeff Sessions, Alabama (Ranking Member)
Strom Thurmond, South Carolina
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania

Antitrust, Competition, and Business and Consumer Rights

Membership - 6:5

Democratic Members
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (Chairman)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Maria Cantwell, Washington
John Edwards, North Carolina
Republican Members
Mike DeWine, Ohio (Ranking Member)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Strom Thurmond, South Carolina
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Sam Brownback, Kansas

The Constitution

Membership - 5:5

Democratic Members
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Republican Members
Strom Thurmond, S. Carolina (Ranking Member)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

Crime and Drugs

Membership - 7:6

Democratic Members
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware (Chairman)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Dianne Feinstein, California
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Maria Cantwell, Washington
John Edwards, North Carolina
Republican Members
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa (Ranking Member)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

Immigration

Membership - 6:5

Democratic Members
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts (Chairman)
Dianne Feinstein, California
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Maria Cantwell, Washington
John Edwards, North Carolina
Republican Members
Sam Brownback, Kansas (Ranking Member)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio

Terrorism, Technology and Government Information

Membership - 5:4

Democratic Members
Dianne Feinstein, California (Chairwoman)
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Maria Cantwell, Washington
John Edwards, North Carolina
Republican Members
Jon Kyl, Arizona (Ranking Member)
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

noteworthy

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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