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Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittees: 110th Congress
Administrative Oversight and the Courts

Membership - 4:3

Democratic Members
Charles E. Schumer, New York (Chairman)
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Republican Members
Jeff Sessions, Alabama (Ranking Member)
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina

Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Membership - 6:5

Democratic Members
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (Chairman)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland
Republican Members
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah (Ranking Member)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

The Constitution

Membership - 5:4

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

Crime and Drugs

Membership - 7:6

Democratic Members
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware (Chairman)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Republican Members
Lindsey O. Graham, S. Carolina (Ranking Member)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Orrin G. Hatch, Iowa
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

Human Rights and the Law

Membership - 6:5

Democratic Members
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois (Chairman)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Republican Members
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma (Ranking Member)
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Cornyn, Texas
Sam Brownback, Kansas

Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

Membership - 5:4

Democratic Members
Edward M. Kennedy, Mass. (Chairman)
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Dianne Feinstein, California
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Republican Members
John Cornyn, Texas (Ranking Member)
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Jeff Sessions, Alabama


Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

Membership - 7:6

Democratic Members
Dianne Feinstein, Calif. (Chairwoman)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland
Republican Members
Jon Kyl, Arizona (Ranking Member)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
John Cornyn, Texas
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

 
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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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