Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

NADLER’S STATEMENT ON JUSTICE KENNEDY’S RETIREMENT

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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: “All Americans who care about equality, human dignity, and justice should be deeply concerned about the retirement of Justice Kennedy. Justice Kennedy was not always on the right side of every issue, but he often ... Read more »

Nadler Statement on Scotus Decision in Janus v. Afscme

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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: “I am deeply concerned about the effects of the Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME on the ability of public sector unions to continue protecting the interests of police, firefighters, nurses, teachers, and other public serva... Read more »

Cummings and Nadler Issue Statement on DOJ Ig Report on FBI Actions before Election

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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: “The stark c... Read more »

Top House Democrats Demand Answers & Documents from DOJ Following Refusal to Defend Aca

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led a letter signed by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), to Department of Justice (DOJ) At... Read more »

Top Democrats Respond to Supreme Court Decision in Husted v. a. Philip Randolph Institute

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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 Sar... Read more »

RANKING MEMBER JERROLD NADLER STATEMENT AT GOP’S ANTI-IMMIGRANT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON THE U.S. CENSUS

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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 organizati... Read more »

Blumenthal-Nadler Statement on Oral Arguments in Congressional Suit to Hold President Trump Accountable to the Constitution

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] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement following oral argument this morning in the case ofBlumenthal, Nadler, et al. v. Trump in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia—in which nearly 200 Members of Congress are ... Read more »