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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 5602, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020: |
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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement, as prepared, on the House floor in support of H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020: "It is one of the most complicated, technical statutes we handle. |
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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement during the markup of H.R. 2438, the Not Invisible Act of 2019: |
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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court order that requires the Department of Justice turn over redacted 6(e) grand jury material from Special Counsel Mueller's report: |
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, released the following statement after introduction of H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020: |
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY); Vice Chair Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA); Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Chairman Hank Johnson (D-GA); and Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Ranking Member James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) released a letter from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) in response to their letter regarding the handling of workplace misconduct in the courts. |
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee filed a petition for rehearing before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its litigation to enforce its subpoena to former White House Counsel Don McGahn. Last Friday, a divided three-judge panel held that the judiciary has no place resolving these types of disputes. As today's petition argues, "this unprecedented ruling compels the attention of the full Court."
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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) praised the Senate passage of H.R. 4803, theCitizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act,bipartisan legislation introduced by the Chairman and Ranking Member that fixes a problem in current citizenship laws that makes it difficult for children born abroad-and who are residing abroad because of a parent's service commitment-to establish residency for purposes of acquiring U.S. |
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Presidential Clemency and Opportunities for Reform":
"Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution provides the President with the power 'to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.' The fundamental purpose of the clemency power is to ensure that justice is tempered with mercy.