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Nadler, Schiff, Cummings, Feinstein Send Letters to Top Officials Demanding Preservation of Records Following Firing of Attorney General Sessions

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Last night, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA), Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein sent letters to top Administration officials demanding the preservation of all documents and materials relevant to the wo... Read more »

House Judiciary Democrats Write Letters to Acting Attorney General Whitaker and Chairman Goodlatte Concerning Firing of Attorney General Sessions

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Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led House Judiciary Committee Democrats in sending letters to Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) regarding the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions by President Donald Trump in what appears to be a clear effort to change the supervisory structure for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s o... Read more »

Ranking Member Nadler Statement on President Trump Firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump's firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "The firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions fits a clear pattern of interference from President Donald Trump in the work of the Department of Justice and the ongoing criminal investigation being con... Read more »

Nadler, House Democrats Demand Answers on Trump Border Deployment

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Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), House Armed Services Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), and 104 other House Democrats sent a letter calling on Secretary Mattis to provide answers about his depl... Read more »

Ranking Members Nadler, Scott & Murray Release Bill to End Forced Arbitration in the Workplace, Restoring Critical Rights for American Workers

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Legislation Gives Workers the Power to Take Legal Action against Employers in Court Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), introduced H.R. 7109, the Restoring Justice for Workers Act, legislation to overrule the 2018 Supreme Court decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis by ending forced a... Read more »

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 »