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Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittees: 109th Congress

Administrative Oversight and the Courts

Membership - 4:3

Republican Members
Jeff Sessions, Alabama (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Democratic Members
Charles E. Schumer, New York (Ranking Member)
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin


Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Membership - 6:5

Republican Members
Mike DeWine, Ohio (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Democratic Members
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
Chuck Schumer, New York


The Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights

Membership - 5:4

Republican Members
Sam Brownback, Kansas (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Cornyn, Texas
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Democratic Members
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Dianne Feinstein, California
Dick Durbin, Illinois


Crime and Drugs

Membership - 6:5

Republican Members
Lindsey O. Graham, S. Carolina (Chairman)
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Democratic Members
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware (Ranking Member)
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
Chuck Schumer, New York


Corrections and Rehabilitation

Membership - 5:4

Republican Members
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
John Cornyn, Texas
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Democratic Members
Dick Durbin, Illinois (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin


Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

Membership - 7:6

Republican Members
John Cornyn, Texas (Chairman)
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Democratic Members
Edward M. Kennedy, Mass. (Ranking Member)
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Chuck Schumer, New York
Dick Durbin, Illinois


Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

Membership - 7:6

Republican Members
Jon Kyl, Arizona (Chairman)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
John Cornyn, Texas
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
Democratic Members
Dianne Feinstein, Calif. (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
Dick Durbin, Illinois


Intellectual Property

Membership - 7:6

Republican Members
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah (Chairman)
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
John Cornyn, Texas
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Democratic Members
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Dianne Feinstein, California
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Dick Durbin, Illinois

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Did You Know?  Harlan Fiske Stone was the first Supreme Court nominee to testify at a Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1925.  John Harlan was only the fourth nominee to testify (1955).  Harlan's 1955 confirmation marked the beginning of the current practice of each Supreme Court nominee testifying before the Judiciary Committee.

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