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Human Rights and the Law

Jurisdiction: (1) Human rights laws and policies; (2) Enforcement and implementation of human rights laws; (3) Judicial proceedings regarding human rights laws; and (4) Judicial and executive branch interpretations of human rights laws.

Membership - 6:3

Democratic Members
Dick Durbin, Illinois (Chairman)
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Al Franken, Minnesota

Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland
Ted Kaufman, Delaware
Republican Members
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma (Ranking Member)
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Cornyn, Texas




U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Majority Office
Phone: 202-224-2152
Fax: 202-228-0781
Minority Office
Phone: 202-224-4280



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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