Constitution
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee hearing on sports betting in America:
"I commend the Subcommittee's Chairman, Jim Sensenbrenner, and Ranking Member, Sheila Jackson Lee, for holding this hearing today on a topic that is important for Congress to examine because of recent developments in the law.
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Dr. Mike Adams
Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Adriana Cohen
Syndicated Columnist, Boston Herald Radio Host
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 6754, the CIRCUIT Act:
"Mr. Chairman, proposals to split up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have been floated since, at least, 1941. But what was a bad idea more than 75 years ago still remains a bad idea today.
"Proponents of splitting up the Ninth Circuit generally mask their arguments in concerns over its size, and the supposed detrimental effect this has on judicial efficiency, and the consistency of its rulings. However, the facts say otherwise.
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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, to raise concerns and request a briefing on the Religious Liberty Task Force established by the Department of Justice on July 30, 2018.
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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, announced the introduction of the Democracy Restoration Act of 2018, which will clarify and, in some cases, expand the voting rights of people with felony convictions, a critical next step in the criminal justice reform. |
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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following statement on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 1689, the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2017: |
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Mr. Peter Strzok
U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court: |
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The Honorable Rod J. Rosenstein
Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Christopher Wray
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H. Res. 970, a resolution offered by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC):
"This so-called "resolution of insistence" is being rushed to the floor as an emergency measure. There are many emergencies facing the United States at this hour. The subject matter of this resolution is not among them.
"H. Res. 970 is wrong on the facts, wrong on the law, wrong on the rules, and a dangerous precedent to set for the House of Representatives.
"First, the resolution is riddled with inaccuracies.
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee hearing with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on "oversight of FBI and DOJ actions surrounding the 2016 election."
"Mr. Chairman, the events that have led up to this hearing are totally unacceptable.
"On Monday of this week, you notified us of this hearing without the seven-day notice required by the rules.
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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. AFSCME: |
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's retirement from the United States Supreme Court:
Ahead of a House Rules Committee vote on a resolution sponsored by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) that insists that the Department of Justice (DOJ) comply with the requests, including the subpoenas, issued by the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Judiciary, related to the alleged potential violations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by DOJ, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led a letter signed by all House Judiciary Democrats to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to raise concerns about the abuse of power and one sided procedures under which this matter is being considered.
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The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2018)-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to the release of the Department of Justice Inspector General's report on FBI activities prior to the 2016 election:
Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2018)- In response to the Supreme Court's decision in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Robert A. Brady (D-PA), Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and John Sarbanes (D-MD), Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, released the following statement:
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J. Christian Adams
President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation
Steven Camarota
Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) spoke out against the census citizenship question meant to suppress immigrant participation at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice hearing on the Census. The witnesses include anti-immigrant extremists and the Director of Research at the Conservative Center for Immigration Studies, an organization classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Ranking Member Nadler's remarks, as prepared, follow: