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Judiciary

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5225
Fax: 202-224-9102
Web Address: http://judiciary.senate.gov/about/members.cfm

Sub Committees

Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Subcommittee on The Constitution



MEMBERS

Sen. Benjamin Cardin (Democratic-MD) Member
Sen. Thomas Coburn (Republican-OK) Member
Sen. John Cornyn (Republican-TX) Member
Sen. Richard Durbin (Democratic-IL) Member
Sen. Russell Feingold (Democratic-WI) Member
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Democratic-CA) Member
Sen. Al Franken (Democratic/Farmer/Labor-MN) Member
Sen. Lindsey Graham (Republican-SC) Member
Sen. Charles Grassley (Republican-IA) Member
Sen. Orrin Hatch (Republican-UT) Member
Sen. Edward Kaufman (Democratic-DE) Member
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Democratic/Farmer/Labor-MN) Member
Sen. Herbert Kohl (Democratic-WI) Member
Sen. Jon Kyl (Republican-AZ) Member
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Democratic-VT) Chair
Sen. Charles Schumer (Democratic-NY) Member
Sen. Jefferson Sessions (Republican-AL) Ranking Member
Sen. Arlen Specter (Democratic-PA) Member
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic-RI) Member



JURISDICTION

Committee on the Judiciary, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects:

1. Apportionment of Representatives.
2. Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.
3. Civil liberties.
4. Constitutional amendments.
5. Federal courts and judges.
6. Governmental information.
7. Holidays and celebrations.
8. Immigration and naturalization.
9. Interstate compacts generally.
10. Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, generally.
11. Local courts in the territories and possessions.
12. Measures relating to claims against the United States.
13. National penitentiaries.
14. Patent Office.
15. Patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
16. Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies.
17. Revision and codification of the statutes of the United States.
18. State and territorial boundary lines.

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