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Ranking Member Nadler Statement Ahead of President Trump’s Executive Order Violating 14th Amendment

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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: "Donald Trump's divisive and xenophobic comments are not new or surprising - they are the desperate act of a desperate man who is constantly seeking to divide... Read more »

In the Wake of Unprecedented White Supremacist Violence, Top Judiciary Dems Demand Emergency Hearings on Hate Crimes & Domestic Terrorism

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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 rec... Read more »

Nadler & Johnson Raise Concerns with Secret Conservative Training Program for Federal Law Clerks Run by Heritage Foundation

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Top Judiciary Dems: “Heritage Foundation’s ‘Federal Clerkship Training Academy’ is the latest effort by conservatives to undermine the impartiality of the federal judiciary.” Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, is... Read more »

Blumenthal & Nadler Demand President Trump Fully Disclose Saudi Government Payments His Businesses have Accepted during His Presidency

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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 [] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary ... Read more »

Top Democrats Issue Statement on Trump and Pence Claims After DHS Provides Election Security Update

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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 unclassi... Read more »

Nadler Lauds Signing of Hatch-Goodlatte Music Modernization Act into Law

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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. “The Music Modernization Act provides a critical update to current copyright law to modernize the music ... Read more »

Judiciary and Natural Resources Democrats Slam Interior Department Proposal to Charge Fees for First Amendment-Protected Activities

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Natural Resources Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), along with Representatives Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands, Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, and Donald McEachin (D-VA), Rankin... Read more »

Nadler and Lofgren Call for Real Accountability Following DHS IG Report Confirming the Trump Administration Lied About Family Separation Policy

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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 ... Read more »

JUDGE CLEARS PATH FOR BLUMENTHAL, NADLER & NEARLY 200 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO HOLD PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE TO CONSTITUTION’S FOREIGN EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE

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Ruling allows Members to argue President should be accountable for full range of foreign government benefits he accepts without consent of Congress [] – In a historic decision today, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in the District of Columbia ruled in favor of U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking M... Read more »