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The Constitution

Jurisdiction: (1) Constitutional amendments; (2) Enforcement and protection of constitutional rights; (3) Statutory guarantees of civil rights and civil liberties; (4) Separation of powers; (5) Federal-State relations; (6) Interstate compacts.

Membership - 6:4

Democratic Members
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin (Chairman)
Dianne Feinstein, California
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Dick Durbin, Illinois
Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Republican Members
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma (Ranking Member)
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
John Cornyn, Texas


U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Majority Office
Phone: 202-224-5573
Fax: 202-228-0466
Minority Office
Phone: 202-224-4280


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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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