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Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Transcripts: 111th Congress
  • June 8, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-680 - The Risky Business of Big Oil: Have Recent Court Decisions and Liability Caps Encouraged Irresponsible Corporate Behavior?
  • May 27, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-657 - The United/Continental Airlines Merger: How Will Consumers Fare?
  • May 26, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-618 - The Legality and Efficacy of Line-Item Veto Proposals
  • May 11, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-608 - Oversight of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • May 3, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-632 - Helping Find Innovative and Cost-Effective Solutions to Overburdened State and Criminal Courts
  • March 29, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-601 - Video Laptop Surveillance: Does Title III Need to be Updated?
  • March 22, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-642 - Effective Community Efforts to Counter Drug-Related Crime in Rural America
  • March 10, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-621 - "We the People"? Corporate Spending in American Elections After Citizens United
  • March 3, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-588 - Encouraging Innovative and Cost-Effective Crime Reduction Strategies
  • March 2, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-684 - Global Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law, Part II
  • March 1, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-589 - Evaluating the Need for Greater Federal Resources to Establish Veterans Courts
  • February 24, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-587 - In Our Own Backyard: Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the United States
  • February 23, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-586 - Are Foreign Libel Lawsuits Chilling Americans' First Amendment Rights?
  • January 20, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-616 - Securing America's Safety: Improving the Effectiveness of Antiterrorism Tools and Interagency Communication
  • January 19, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-579 - Exploring Federal Solutions to the State and Local Fugitive Crisis
  • January 8, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-578 - Federal Efforts to Address Witness Intimidation at the State and Local Level
  • December 16, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-576 - The Law of the Land: U.S. Implementation of Human Rights Treaties
  • December 15, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-455 - Ensuring the Effective Use of DNA Evidence to Solve Rape Cases Nationwide
  • December 9, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-613 - Mortgage Fraud, Securities Fraud, and the Financial Meltdown: Prosecuting Those Responsible
  • December 9, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-431 - Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • December 2, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-530 - Has the Supreme Court Limited Americans' Access to Courts?
  • November 17, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-664 - Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace
  • November 10, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-424 - Strengthening Our Criminal Justice System: Extending the Innocence Protection Act
  • November 5, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-370 - The First Line of Defense: Reducing Recidivism at the Local Level
  • October 20, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-425 - Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?
  • October 14, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-458 - Prohibiting Price Fixing and Other Anti-Competitive Conduct in the Health Insurance Industry
  • October 8, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-395 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Faith-Based Perspectives
  • October 7, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-396 - Workplace Fairness: Has the Supreme Court Been Misinterpreting Laws Designed to Protect American Workers from Discrimination?
  • October 6, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-562 - Examining the History and Legality of Executive Branch Czars
  • September 30, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-553 - Responding to the Growing Need for Federal Judgeships: The Federal Judgeships Act of 2009
  • September 30, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-529 - Advancing Freedom of Information in the New Era of Responsibility
  • September 29, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-570 - Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers
  • September 23, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-333 - Reauthorizing the USA Patriot Act: Ensuring Liberty
  • September 22, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-353 - Strengthening Security and Oversight at Biological Research Laboratories
  • September 19, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-293 - Crisis on the Farm: The State of Competition and Prospects for Sustainability in the Northeast Dairy Industry
  • September 17, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-369 - Evaluating S. 1551: The Liability for Aiding and Abetting Securities Violations Act of 2009
  • September 16, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-441 - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • September 9, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-554 - Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States
  • August 20, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-269 - Mortgage Modifications During the Foreclosure Crisis
  • August 4, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-237 - The Performance Rights Act and Parity Among Music Delivery Platforms
  • July 28, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-563 - Prosecuting Terrorists: Civilian and Military Trials for GTMO and Beyond
  • July 23, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-328 - The Worsening Foreclosure Crisis: Is It time to Reconsider Bankruptcy Reform?
  • July 22, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-256 - Promoting Job Creation and Foreign Investment in the United States: An Assessment of the EB-5 Regional Center Program
  • July 22, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-238 - Metal Theft: Public Hazard, Law Enforcement Challenge
  • July 21, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-337 - Ensuring a Legal Workforce: What Changes Should Be Made to Our Current Employment Verification System?
  • July 13-16, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-503 - Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • July 7, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-352 - The Bowl Championship Series: Is It Fair and in Compliance with Antitrust Law?
  • June 25, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-464 - The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
  • June 17, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-268 - Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice
  • June 16, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-496 - Cell Phone Text Messaging Rate Increases and the State of Competition in the Wireless Market
  • June 11, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-411 - Exploring the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009
  • June 10, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-405 - The Continued Importance of the Violence Against Women Act
  • June 9, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-491 - The Legal, Moral, and National Security Consequences of "Prolonged Detention"
  • June 3, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-560 - The Uniting American Families Act: Addressing Inequality in Federal Immigration Law
  • May 20, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-322 - Criminal Prosecution as a Deterrent to Health Care Fraud
  • May 20, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-294 - Securing the Borders and America's Points of Entry: What Remains to Be Done?
  • May 19, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-267 - The Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act: Do We Need to Restore the Ban on Vertical Price Fixing?
  • May 19, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-236 - Leveling the Playing Field and Protecting Americans: Holding Foreign Manufacturers Accountable
  • May 13, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-324 - "What Went Wrong: Torture and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush Administration
  • May 12, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-225 - Helping State and Local Law Enforcement
  • May 6, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-504 - Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security
  • May 5, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-212 - The Passport Issuance Process: Closing the Door to Fraud
  • April 30, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-296 - Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2009: Can We Do It and How?
  • April 29, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-559 - Restoring Fairness to Federal Sentencing: Addressing the Crack-Powder Disparity
  • April 28, 2010 - Senate Hearing 111-459 - The Victims of Crime Act: 25 Years of Protecting and Supporting Victims
  • April 21, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-211 - Protecting National Security and Civil Liberties: Strategies for Terrorism Information Sharing
  • March 25, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-115 - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • March 24, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-323 - Abusive Credit Card Practices and Bankruptcy
  • March 18, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-224 - The Need to Strengthen Forensic Science in the United States: The National Academy of Sciences' Report on a Path Forward
  • March 17, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-528 - Law Enforcement Responses to Mexican Drug Cartels
  • March 11, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-203 - S.J. Res. 7 and H.J. Res. 21: A Constitutional Amendment Concerning Senate Vacancies
  • March 10, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-202 - Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Legislation and Recent Court Decisions
  • March 4, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-200 - Getting to the Truth Through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry
  • February 25, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-193 - Ensuring Television Carriage in the Digital Age
  • February 24, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-201 - The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger: What Does It Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business?
  • February 11, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-191 - The Need for Increased Fraud Enforcement in the Wake of the Economic Downturn
  • February 10, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-361 - Confirmation Hearings on the Nominations of Thomas Perrelli, Nominee to be Associate Attorney General of the United States, and Elena Kagan, Nominee to be Solicitor General of the United States
  • January 27, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-213 - Health Information Technology: Protecting American's Privacy in the Digital Age
  • January 15&16, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-403 - Nomination of Eric H. Holder, Jr. nominee to be Attorney General of the United States
  • January 8, 2009 - Senate Hearing 111-192 - Helping State and Local Law Enforcement During an Economic Downturn
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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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