Senate Judiciary Committee

Incoming Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has named newly-installed Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, which reviews judicial appointments, including to the Supreme Court.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Democrats are hoping to give amnesty to some 13 million illegal aliens to flood the United States workforce with low-wage foreign workers with whom working and middle class Americans must compete for jobs.

Angel Mom Patty Morin, whose 37-year-old daughter, Rachel Morin, was murdered, allegedly by an illegal alien MS-13 gang member, told Senators that “deportation is necessary” to remedy record-breaking waves of illegal immigration on President Joe Biden’s watch.

A clash is brewing in Hollywood as actors seek to impose limits on artificial intelligence technology — particularly when it comes to their digital likenesses — while studios are pushing back, arguing that such limits would violate First Amendment rights.

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are giving Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas until the end of next week to explain why an illegal alien, now accused of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, was released into the United States with parole from the southern border.

Donald Trump Jr. on Monday listed five questions senators should ask at an upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on big tech and the online child sexual exploitation crisis.

FBI Director Christopher Wray will testify in an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, December 5.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to subpoena conservative leader and private citizen Leonard Leo as part of their efforts at “reverse court-packing.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Republicans are preparing to fight back by unleashing up to 150 subpoenas on liberals and Democrats if Joe Biden’s party in the Senate follows subpoenas conservatives who are friends and supporters of Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican presidents.

Sen. Blackburn proposed to subpoena alleged human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs to protest Democrats’ targeting of conservatives.

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats continue “reverse court-packing” and will subpoena conservative leader Leonard Leo.

A State Department official admitted that requiring border crossers to first seek asylum in Mexico would drastically cut illegal immigration. 

U.S. Attorney David Weiss denied on Monday allegations made by two IRS whistleblowers that he requested special counsel status in his investigation of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and that he was blocked from bringing charges against the younger Biden in two jurisdictions.

The FBI Deputy Director refused to commit to releasing an unclassified FBI document in which an informant alleged that Biden and his son Hunter engaged in a $10M bribery scheme with a foreign national.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) returned to Washington, DC, on Tuesday after her months-long absence while healing from shingles, but still missed votes on Wednesday.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), giving no indication when she will return to the Senate amidst calls to resign from office, defended her absence and claimed there has been “no slowdown” of judicial nominees while she’s been recovering.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and all Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on President Joe Biden on Wednesday to preserve the Title 42 border barrier, which will expire next week.

Over 60 left-leaning groups, claiming to represent over 110,000 Californians, are calling for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to resign from her U.S. Senate seat after missing dozens of Senate votes for health reasons this year.

Most Democrats agree 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who has been absent from her post for over a month while recovering from shingles, should resign, a recent survey from The Economist/YouGov found. 

Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Monday said she would not go along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s plan to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee, contending the leftists want to “pack the court with activist judges.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) hopes to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) from her post on the Judiciary Committee this week following calls to resign due to the 89-year-old’s prolonged recovery from shingles.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) wrote on Saturday that Republicans should not help Democrats confirm President Joe Biden’s radical judges by allowing a “temporary” replacement to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the Judiciary Committee. 

Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas wants an “assault weapons” ban but he could not define the term when asked by Sen. John Kennedy (R-TN) on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says it is not “sound policy” or within the “unilateral authority” of the United States to require border crossers to seek asylum in Mexico.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is refusing to publicly support a proposal that would designate the Mexican drug cartels “foreign terrorist organizations” under United States law. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Joe Biden judicial nominee Kato Crews stumbled during his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, not knowing one of the most basic constitutional protections for citizens accused of crimes by their government, confusing it with Second Amendment rights, about which he likewise seemed confused.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) stumped one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees when he asked basic questions about the U.S. Constitution that left her seemingly unable to answer. 

One of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees sentenced a convicted sex offender to just three years of probation after he pleaded guilty to child pornography possession.

Senate Judiciary Republicans sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Justice Department demanding answers to why Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck was not allowed to self-report for his arrest and arraignment and whether political considerations were made to approve and execute the search warrant.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will vote on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that would carve out an antitrust exemption for establishment media outlets.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) intends to investigate the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s raid of Mar-a-Lago if Republicans take back the Senate this fall, he told Breitbart News.

National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) president Philip T. Smith spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday and told them that 21st century gun control is a throwback to 19th century “black codes.”

 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said it is “time to name and shame” AR-15 makers during opening comments Wednesday for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on “assault weapons.”

Khiara Bridges, a professor at the Berkeley School of Law, accused Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Tuesday of opening transgender people up to violence by asking if only women can get pregnant. 

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) submitted a 1989 letter on abortion from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) into the Senate record. Durbin stated in the letter that he wanted to “end abortion on demand” and overturn Roe v Wade.

President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to say if she holds a position on whether individuals have natural rights.