The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released transcripts of its closed-door interviews with Donald Trump Jr. and other attendees of a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with a Kremlin-connected lawyer.
Read moreDemocrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a report Friday accusing their Republican colleagues of conspiring with President Donald Trump to reshape the federal judiciary by appointing judges whose only qualifications are youth and conservative ideology.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a former Hawaii attorney general who is nominated to a seat on the Ninth Circuit.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to vote Thursday on a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job — legislation that has split Republicans as President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s selection to the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday assured senators that his past work advocating for conservative causes in court will not follow him to the bench, telling them the role of a judge and the role of a lawyer are different.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved six of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, including three nominated to seats on federal appellate courts.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee will move forward on a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments that the bill will not get time on the Senate floor.
Read moreA backlog of more than 684,000 cases are waiting to be heard by immigration courts across the United States, and the number is only expected to grow as the Trump administration clamps down on illegal immigration, judges and other experts told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Read moreIt will likely be two weeks before the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up a bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired without good cause, as committee members need time to review the legislation and any potential additions.
Read moreFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to media reports.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday gave its endorsement to three U.S. attorney nominees.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved five judicial nominees, including one who is up for a seat on the 10th Circuit.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a broad, bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, sending it to an uncertain future before the full Senate.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved four of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, including a nominee to the Seventh Circuit who did not receive approval from one of his home-state senators.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s second nominee to the 10th Circuit breezed through a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, telling senators he would follow precedent and be careful not to let his personal views impact his decision-making if confirmed to the bench.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved four of president Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, including a Louisiana federal judge up for a spot on the 5th Circuit.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the Seventh Circuit Wednesday downplayed Democrats’ concerns about his commitment to following precedent, saying he consistently applied principles set out in case law while serving as a Wisconsin state court judge.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a California lawyer who is nominated to lead the Patent and Trademark Office, as well as five nominees to lead federal prosecutor offices around the country.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee’s unusual decision on Thursday to delay a vote on a nominee to the Eighth Circuit came after the nominee provided new information that appears to show an American Bar Association report mischaracterized his attempt to disqualify a member of Nebraska’s judicial selection committee.
Read moreThe Senate Judiciary Committee approved five judicial nominees on Thursday, including a White House lawyer up for a spot on the DC Circuit and two federal district court nominees the American Bar Association rated not qualified earlier this week.
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