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WATCH LIVE: Today the Judiciary Committee considers the nominations of one circuit court nominee and five district court nominees—the latest in President Biden’s and Senate Democrats’ efforts to add highly qualified judges to the bench.
E-commerce makes up an increasing % of U.S. spending—but there are massive amounts of illicit and dangerous consumer products by third party sellers that operate with inadequate transparency on sites like Amazon.
We need legislative action #CleaningUpOnlineMarketplaces
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Have you ever shopped online? Today, the Committee will consider the problem of stolen, counterfeit, and unsafe products that are sold to unsuspecting consumers on online marketplaces.
WATCH LIVE: "Cleaning Up Online Marketplaces: Protecting Against Stolen, Counterfeit, and Unsafe Goods"
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing entitled "Oversight of the Department of Justice" with testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland.
HAPPENING NOW: Native American & Alaska Native voters face unique, systemic barriers to accessing the ballot box. Preserving & protecting these communities’ participation in the democratic process is paramount.
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Holly Thomas to the Ninth Circuit, and five nominations to District Court judgeships.
BREAKING: damning new Senate Judiciary Committee report details then-President Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to enlist DOJ in his scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
A Senate panel fleshed out how Donald Trump pursued his plan to install a loyalist as acting attorney general to pursue unfounded reports of fraud.
Voter suppression isn't our history. It's happening as we speak. This year alone, state legislators have introduced more than 425 bills with provisions that make it harder for people to vote. 19 states have enacted 33 of these laws.
Share if you agree: It's time to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the latest slate of President Biden’s executive and judicial nominations.
S.B. 8 flouts the long-established precedent in Roe v. Wade. It uses a bounty hunter-style enforcement scheme designed to insulate the law from judicial review. Yet SCOTUS allowed it to become the law of the land in the nation’s second-largest state.
Don't look away. WATCH:
WATCH LIVE: Texas’s abortion ban is a devastating blow to Americans' constitutional rights—and SCOTUS allowed it to take effect without deliberation or transparency. This approach was wrong and led to immediate harm.
LIVE: Sadly Britney Spears’ case is far from an isolated incident. For many people conservatorships can be toxic—denying them due process & taking away their rights. Today we hear from former subjects of conservatorship & experts about avenues for reform.
NEW op-ed from Chair Durbin following the recent Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Dereliction of Duty: Examining the Inspector General’s Report on the FBI’s Handling of the Larry Nassar Investigation" —
"Under oath, FBI Director Christopher Wray promised changes at the bureau. It is my job as the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the FBI, to hold him to that promise."
The story of U.S. gymnasts victimized by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is a story of institutional failure that is not unique to those gymnasts, or even to the Olympics, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin writes.
LIVE: Our fundamental right to vote is under attack—threatening the very foundation of our democracy. Today we are hearing from experts about what can be done to protect American’s access to the ballot box & live up to our founding ideals.
WATCH LIVE: At 10 AM ET, the Judiciary Committee holds a hearing entitled “Dereliction of Duty: Examining the Inspector General’s Report on the FBI’s Handling of the Larry Nassar Investigation.”
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of Beth Robinson to the Second Circuit; Jennifer Sung to the Ninth Circuit; Rahul Gupta to be Director of National Drug Control Policy; and Elizabeth Prelogar to be Solicitor General.
WATCH LIVE: Senator Whitehouse—Chair of the Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights—holds a hearing entitled "Breaking the Logjam: Principles and Practice of Congressional Oversight and Executive Privilege"
WATCH LIVE: Currently 45 million Americans hold more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt. Unlike most other types of debt, student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy except in extremely rare circumstances. It's time for #StudentLoanBankruptcyReform
America is in the middle of a student debt crisis, with the total amount of debt reaching $1.7 trillion.
Today we'll be sharing stories of how this crisis is affecting Americans of every age and background. Head to our Twitter @JudiciaryDems and share your story by tweeting with #StudentLoanBankruptcyReform
WATCH LIVE: At 2:30 PM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Beefing up Competition: Examining America’s Food Supply Chain” to discuss ways to provide more fairness and transparency for family farmers and consumers.
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on pending nominations. Today’s panels include Fourth Circuit nominee Toby Heytens, four district court nominees, and an Assistant AG.
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, SJC holds the first-ever full Judiciary Committee hearing on ransomware—the first Congressional testimony this year by the Justice Department and FBI on this threat.
Throughout the instability of the pandemic, one thing has remained constant: our domestic food supply chain remained intact.
Our food supply is secure because of our 2.4 million farmworkers—half of whom are undocumented.
WATCH and show your support for #FarmworkerLegalization:
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, SJC will hold a hearing entitled “Immigrant Farmworkers are Essential to Feeding America" to examine the essential contributions of immigrant farmworkers to our food supply and highlight the need for a path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers.
To remember and honor John Lewis is to defend the cause of his life: the sacred right to vote.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will work to advance the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. We will fight beside his spirit. We will get in good trouble.
We promise, Congressman.
We must protect Americans’ right to vote.
HAPPENING NOW: As voting rights come under attack across the country, Senator Blumenthal’s Subcommittee on the Constitution is hearing from experts about this danger to the foundation of our democracy.
WATCH LIVE: The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the President's latest executive and judicial nominees.
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The attacks on the ballot box we see today mirror the racist attacks on political rights at the turn of the 20th century.
The historic parallels are clear. To deny this vestige of Jim Crow is to ignore the realities of racism in America.
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WATCH: The Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights holds a hearing entitled "A Prescription for Change: Cracking Down on Anticompetitive Conduct in Prescription Drug Markets"
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In case you missed it: Today, Attorney General Garland joined Deputy AG Lisa Monaco, Associate AG Vanita Gupta, and AAG for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke to announce their latest actions to defend your right to vote.
This is what your senior Justice Department leadership looks like.
And they're just getting started.
In case you missed it: Today, Attorney General Garland joined Deputy AG Lisa Monaco, Associate AG Vanita Gupta, and AAG for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke to announce their latest actions to defend your right to vote.
This is what your senior Justice Department leadership looks like.
And they're just getting started.
WATCH LIVE: Senator Padilla holds a Senate Judiciary Committee Immigration Subcommittee hearing on how we can better honor our noncitizen veterans and military families.
WATCH LIVE: At 9:30 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on five executive and judicial nominations to the First Circuit, District of Massachusetts, District of New Jersey, DOJ Office of Legislative Affairs, and DOJ Office of Legal Counsel.
WATCH LIVE: At 2:30 PM ET, Senator Leahy—Chair of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property—holds a subcommittee hearing entitled "Protecting Real Innovations by Improving Patent Quality."
This is our chance to come together to make substantial improvements to our criminal justice system by fixing one of the worst policies to come out of the failed war on drugs: the crack-powder disparity.
Congress needs to finish this job. WATCH:
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing entitled “Examining Federal Sentencing for Crack and Powder Co***ne.”
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