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October 30, 2018

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement ahead of President Trump's expected Executive Order removing birthright citizenship for individuals born on U.S. soil:

Issues: Immigration

October 29, 2018
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN) sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) calling for emergency hearings on hate crimes and domestic terrorism in the wake of recent killings by individuals with white supremacist views.

October 19, 2018

Top Judiciary Dems: "Heritage Foundation's 'Federal Clerkship Training Academy' is the latest effort by conservatives to undermine the impartiality of the federal judiciary."


October 19, 2018

Trump's acceptance of foreign government payments violates the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause

Members also blast Trump's limited & inadequate promise to donate "all profits from foreign governments' patronage," which allows him to continue collecting large sums of revenue with no transparency or accountability


October 17, 2018

Today, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Adam Smith (D-WA), and Robert A. Brady (D-PA), the Ranking Members of the House Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security, Oversight & Government Reform, Armed Services, and House Administration, issued a statement after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provided Committee staff with an unclassified/FOUO intelligence assessment on election security issued by the DHS Cyber Mission Center on October 11, 2018.


October 11, 2018

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released the following statement after the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (H.R. 1551), bipartisan legislation to update key provisions of U.S. copyright law regarding music licensing, was signed into law.


October 10, 2018

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Natural Resources Ranking Member Raúl M.

Issues: Constitution

October 3, 2018

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, issued the following joint statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (IG) report, which determined the Administration misled Congress and the American people about its family separation


September 28, 2018

Ruling allows Members to argue President should be accountable for full range of foreign government benefits he accepts without consent of Congress


September 28, 2018

Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice hearing on "The State of Intellectual Freedom in America":

Issues: Constitution