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Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittees: 109th Congress

Administrative Oversight and the Courts

Membership - 4:3

Republican Members
Jeff Sessions, Alabama (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Democratic Members
Charles E. Schumer, New York (Ranking Member)
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin



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Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Membership - 6:5

Republican Members
Mike DeWine, Ohio (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Democratic Members
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York



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The Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights

Membership - 5:4

Republican Members
Sam Brownback, Kansas (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Cornyn, Texas
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Democratic Members
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Dianne Feinstein, California
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois



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Crime and Drugs

Membership - 6:5

Republican Members
Lindsey O. Graham, S. Carolina (Chairman)
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Democratic Members
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware (Ranking Member)
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York



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Corrections and Rehabilitation

Membership - 5:4

Republican Members
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
John Cornyn, Texas
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Democratic Members
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin



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Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

Membership - 7:6

Republican Members
John Cornyn, Texas (Chairman)
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Democratic Members
Edward M. Kennedy, Mass. (Ranking Member)
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois



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Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

Membership - 7:6

Republican Members
Jon Kyl, Arizona (Chairman)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
John Cornyn, Texas
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
Democratic Members
Dianne Feinstein, Calif. (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois



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Intellectual Property

Membership - 7:6

Republican Members
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah (Chairman)
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Cornyn, Texas
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Democratic Members
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Dianne Feinstein, California
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois



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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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