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Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Transcripts: 110th Congress
  • December 5, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-870 - Community-Based Solutions to Drug-Related Crime in Rural America
  • December 4, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-769 - Credit Cards and Bankruptcy:  Opportunities for Reform
  • November 19, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-871 - Helping Families Save Their Homes: The Role of Bankruptcy Law
  • October 24, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-812 - Keeping Families in Their Homes:  How to Prevent Foreclosures
  • October 17, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-812 - Keeping Families in Their Homes:  How to Prevent Foreclosures
  • September 24, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-940 - Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law
  • September 24, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-674 - The Visa Waiver Program: Mitigating Risks to Ensure Safety of All Americans
  • September 23, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 4 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • September 23, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-802 - Barriers to Justice: Examining Equal Pay for Equal Work
  • September 17, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-939 - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • September 16, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110584 [Errata] - Restoring the Rule of Law
  • September 16, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-584 - Restoring the Rule of Law
  • September 10, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-563 - New Strategies for Combating Violent Crime: Drawing Lessons from Recent Experience
  • September 9, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 4 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • September 9, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-787 - Protecting the Right to Vote:  Oversight of the Department of Justice's Preparations for the 2008 General Election
  • July 31, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-582 - Consolidation in the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Industry: The Right Prescription?
  • July 30, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-550 - Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice
  • July 30, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-518 - S.J. Res. 45, A Resolution Consenting to and Approving the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
  • July 29, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-898 - Music and Radio in the 21st Century:  Assuring Fair Rates and Rules Across Platforms
  • July 24, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-526 - Crimes Associated with Polygamy:  The Need for a Coordinated State and Federal Response
  • July 23, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-783 - Courting Big Business:  The Supreme Court's Recent Decisions on Corporate Misconduct and Laws Regulating Corporations
  • July 23, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-695 - Executive Nominations:  J. Patrick Rowan, of Maryland, Nominee to be an Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division; Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, Nominee to be Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs; and William B. Carr, Jr., Nominee to be Member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission
  • July 16, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-531 - How the Administration's Failed Detainee Policies Have Hurt the Fight Against Terrorism:  Putting the Fight Against Terrorism on Sound Legal Foundations
  • July 15, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-568 - The Google-Yahoo! Agreement and the Future of Internet Advertising
  • July 10, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-619 - Passport Files: Privacy Protection Needed For All Americans
  • July 9, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-887 - Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice
  • June 25, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-589 - Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning from Overseas Travel
  • June 24, 2008 - Senate Hearing - 110-786 - From Nuremberg to Darfur:  Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity
  • June 18, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-618 - S.2838, The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act
  • June 17, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-561 - Protecting Consumers by Protecting Intellectual Property
  • June 17, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-457- Responding to the Growing Need for Federal Judgeships: The Federal Judgeship Act of 2008
  • June 11, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 4 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • June 11, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-497 -Short-Change for Consumers and Short-Shrift for Congress? The Supreme Court's Treatment of Laws that Protect Americans' Health, Safety, Jobs and Retirement
  • June 10, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-941 - Coercive Interrogation Technique: Do They Work, Are They Reliable, and What Did the FBI Know About Them?
  • June 4, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-455- Improving Detainee Policy: Handling Terrorism Detainees Within the American Justice System
  • May 22, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-655 - Closing the Justice Gap: Providing Civil Legal Assistance to Low-Income Americans
  • May 21, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-496 - Exploring the Skyrocketing Price of Oil
  • May 20, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-643 - Global Internet Freedom: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law
  • May 20, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-545 - Protecting the Constitutional Right to Vote for All Americans
  • May 13, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-401- The Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program: Protecting Our Nation's Law Enforcement Officers
  • May 7, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 4 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • May 7, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-569 - Concentration in Agriculture and an Examination of the JBS/Swift Acquisitions
  • May 6, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-594 - Policing Lenders and Protecting Home-Owners: Is Misconduct in Bankruptcy Fueling the Foreclosure Crisis?
  • May 1, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 3 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • April 30, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-604 - Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government
  • April 29, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-411- Living on the Street: Finding Solutions to Protect Runaway and Homeless Youth
  • April 24, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-413- An Examination of the Delta-Northwest Merger
  • April 23, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-385- National Security Letters; The Need for Greater Accountability and Oversight
  • April 16, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-607 - Challenges and Solutions for Protecting Our Children from Violence and Exploitation in the 21st Century
  • April 8, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-626 - The Adequacy of Representation in Capital Cases
  • April 3, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 3 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • April 2, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-630 - Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security
  • April 1, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-581 - Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict
  • March 24, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-357 [Errata] - The Rise of Drug-Related Violent Crime in Rural America: Finding Solutions to a Growing Problem
  • March 24, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-357- The Rise of Drug-Related Violent Crime in Rural America: Finding Solutions to a Growing Problem
  • March 12, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-750 - Generation RX:  The Abuse of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs
  • March 11, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-433- Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Grace C. Becker to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
  • March 5, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-910 [Errata] - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • March 5, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-910 - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • February 28, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-473- Weaknesses in the Visa Waiver Program: Are the Needed Safeguards in Place to Protect America?
  • February 27, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-412- The False Claims Act Correction Act (S.2041): Strengthening the Government's Most Effective Tool Against Fraud for the 21st Century
  • February 27, 2008- Senate Hearing 110-347 - Supporting the Front Line in the Fight Against Crime: Restoring Federal Funding for State and Local Law Enforcement
  • February 21, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 3 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • February 13, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-923 - Examining the State Secrets Privilege: Protecting National Security While Preserving Accountability
  • February 12, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 3 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • February 12, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-672 - Federal Cocaine Sentencing Laws: Reforming the 100-to-1 Crack/Powder Disparity
  • February 7, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-334 - The Founding Fathers' Papers: Ensuring Public Access to Our National Treasures
  • January 30, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-897 - Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice
  • January 23, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-873 - Oversight of the Justice for All Act: Has the Justice Department Effectively Administered the Bloodsworth and Coverdell DNA Grant Programs?
  • January 22, 2008 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 3 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • December 19, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-640 - Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination Of Mark R. Filip to Be Deputy Attorney General
  • December 18, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 2 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • December 12, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-396 - S.1782, The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007
  • December 11, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-900 - The Legal Rights of Guantanamo Detainees: What Are They, Should They Be Changed, and Is an End in Sight?
  • December 11, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-263 [Errata] - Sunshine in Litigation Act: Does Court Secrecy Undermine Public Health and Safety?
  • December 11, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-263 - Sunshine in Litigation Act: Does Court Secrecy Undermine Public Health and Safety?
  • December 5, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-872 - Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: Protecting our Children and Our Communities
  • December 5, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-511 - The Looming Foreclosure Crisis: How to Help Families Save Their Homes
  • December 4, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-922 - Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances: Addressing Health Care and Law Enforcement Priorities
  • November 14, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-548 - No Safe Haven:  Accountability for Human Rights Violators in the United States
  • November 13, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-254 - Exploring the Scope of Public Performance Rights
  • November 7, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-782 - Examining U.S. Government Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
  • October 31, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-882 - FISA Amendments: How to Protect Americans' Security and Privacy and Preserve the Rule of Law and Government Accountability
  • October 24, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 2 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • October 24, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-470 - The Role of Federally Funded University Research in the Patent System
  • October 17-18, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-478 - Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be Attorney General of the United States
  • October 10, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-255 - Economic and Community Implications of Northern Border Security
  • October 4, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-310 - Justice Denied: Implementation of the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act
  • October 3, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-199 - An Examination of S. 772, the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act
  • October 2, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-200 - Preserving the Rule of Law in the Fight Against Terrorism
  • September 27, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-194 - An Examination of the Google-Doubleclick Merger and the Online Advertising Industry: What Are the Risks for Competition and Privacy?
  • September 26, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 2 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • September 25, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-921 - Strengthening FISA: Does the Protect America Act Protect Americans' Civil Liberties and Enhance Security?
  • September 25, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 2 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • September 19, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-753 [Errata] - The "Material Support" Bar: Denying Refuge to the Persecuted?
  • September 19, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-753 - The "Material Support" Bar: Denying Refuge to the Persecuted?
  • September 18, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-280 - Examining Approaches to Corporate Fraud Prosecutions and the Attorney-Client Privilege Under the McNulty Memorandum
  • September 12, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-300 - Regulatory Preemption: Are Federal Agencies Usurping Congressional and State Authority?
  • September 5, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-746 - The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and Its Continuing Importance
  • August 2, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-495 - Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?
  • July 31, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-479 - Evaluating the Propriety and Adequacy of the Oxycontin Criminal Settlement
  • July 31, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-342 - The Leegin Decision: The End of the Consumer Discounts or Good Antitrust Policy?
  • July 24, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-462 - Department of Justice Oversight
  • July 19, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 1 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • July 17, 2009 - Senate Hearing 110-901 - Hearing to Examine the Prosecution of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean
  • July 11, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-495 - Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?
  • June 27, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-743 - Oversight of the Federal Death Penalty
  • June 21, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-758 - Civil Rights Division Oversight
  • June 20, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-271 - Rising Violent Crime in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
  • June 20, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 1 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • June 7, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-277 - Prevention of Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation in Federal Elections: S.453
  • June 6, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-149 - Patent Reform: The Future of American Innovation
  • June 5, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-495 - Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?
  • June 5, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-444- Examining the Federal Role to Work with Communities to Prevent and Respond to Gang Violence: The Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007
  • May 23, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-440- Ending Taxation Without Representation: The Constitutionality of S.1257
  • May 23, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-303 - Rising Crime in the United States: Examining the Federal Role in Helping Communities Prevent and Respond to Violent Crime
  • May 22, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-145 - Restoring Habeas Corpus: Protecting American Values and the Great Writ
  • May 16, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-472 - Rogue Online Pharmacies: The Growing Problem of Internet Drug Trafficking
  • May 15, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-495 - Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?
  • May 10, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-131- Confirmation Hearing on the Nominations of Leslie Southwick, to be Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; Janet T. Neff, to be District Judge for the Western District of Michigan; and Liam O'Grady, to be District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • May 8, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-113 - Will Real ID Actually Make Us Safer?  An Examination of Privacy and Civil Liberties Concerns
  • May 2, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-103 - Interrupting Terrorist Travel: Strengthening the Security of International Travel Documents
  • May 1, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-127 - Process Patents
  • April 24, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-176 - Casualties of War: Child Soldiers and the Law
  • April 24, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-109 - The Insurrection Act Rider and State Control of the National Guard
  • April 19, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-462 - Department of Justice Oversight
  • April 11, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-193 - Responding to the Inspector General's Findings of Improper Use of National Security Letters by the FBI
  • April 11, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 1 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • April 9, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-90 - Examining Health Care Mergers in Pennsylvania
  • March 29, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-495 - Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?
  • March 27, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-881 - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • March 26, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-142 - Legal Options to Stop Human Trafficking
  • March 21, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-62 - Identity Theft: Innovative Solutions for an Evolving Problem
  • March 21, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-27 - Misuse of Patriot Act Powers: The Inspector General's Findings of Improper Use of the National Security Letters by the FBI
  • March 20, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-135 - The XM-Sirius Merger: Monopoly or Competition from New Technologies
  • March 20, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-39 - Combating War Profiteering: Are We Doing Enough to Investigate and Prosecute Contracting Fraud and Abuse in Iraq?
  • March 14, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-55 - Open Government: Reinvigorating the Freedom of Information Act
  • March 13, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 1 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • March 7, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-25 - The McCarran-Ferguson Act and Antitrust Immunity: Good for Consumers?
  • March 7, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-23 - Oversight of the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws
  • March 6, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-495 - Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?
  • February 28, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-110 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform
  • February 27, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-54 - Strengthening Our Criminal Justice System: The John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007
  • February 19, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-32 - Mentoring and Community-Based Solutions to Delinquency and Youth Violence in Philadelphia
  • February 14, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-14 - Judicial Security and Independence
  • February 6, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-138, Part 1 - Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments
  • February 6, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-61 - Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys?
  • February 5, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-46 - Genocide and the Rule of Law
  • January 31, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-20 - US-Visit: Challenges and Strategies for Securing the U.S. Border
  • January 31, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-5 - Examining Recommendations for Improvements to Iraq's Justice System
  • January 30, 2007 - Senate Hearing 110-902 - Exercising Congress's Constitutional Power to End a War
  • January 18, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-47 - Department of Justice Oversight
  • January 17, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-4 - Paying Off Generics to Prevent Competition with Brand Name Drugs: Should It Be Prohibited?
  • January 16, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-3 - The Plight of Iraqi Refugees
  • January 10, 2007- Senate Hearing 110-2 - Balancing Privacy and Security: The Privacy Implications of Government Data Mining Programs

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