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Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittees: 108th Congress
Administrative Oversight and the Courts

Membership - 5:4
Republican Members
Jeff Sessions, Alabama (Chairman)
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Larry Craig, Idaho
John Cornyn, Texas
Democratic Members
Charles E. Schumer, New York (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois

Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Membership: (5:4)

Republican Members
Mike DeWine, Ohio (Chairman)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Democratic Members
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
John Edwards, North Carolina

The Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights

Membership - 5:4

Republican Members
John Cornyn, Texas (Chairman)
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
Larry Craig, Idaho
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Democratic Members
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois

Crime, Corrections and Victims Rights

Membership - 6:5

Republican Members
Lindsey O. Graham, S. Carolina (Chairman)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Larry Craig, Idaho
John Cornyn, Texas
Democratic Members
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware (Ranking Member)
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, California
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
John Edwards, North Carolina

Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship

Membership - 7:6

Republican Members
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia (Chairman)
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Larry Craig, Idaho
John Cornyn, Texas
Democratic Members
Edward M. Kennedy, Mass. (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Dianne Feinstein, California
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
John Edwards, North Carolina

Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

Membership - 6:5

Republican Members
Jon Kyl, Arizona (Chairman)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Democratic Members
Dianne Feinstein, Calif. (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
John Edwards, North Carolina

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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