Legislation Gives Workers the Power to Take Legal Action against Employers in Court
RM Nadler, Jackson Lee and Cohen Letter to Goodlatte re: Hate Crimes and Domestic Terrorism 10.29.18
Top Judiciary Dems: "Heritage Foundation's 'Federal Clerkship Training Academy' is the latest effort by conservatives to undermine the impartiality of the federal judiciary."
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
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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 unclassified/FOUO intelligence assessment on election security issued by the DHS Cyber Mission Center on October 11, 2018. |
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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 American people about its family separation policy with no plans for tracking children or ensuring reunification with their parents: |
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 Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and nearly 200 Members of Congress who are seeking to hold President Donald Trump accountable to the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause.
Witnesses
Dave Aronberg
State Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit, FL
The Honorable Judy Chu
U.S. House of Representatives, 27th District of California
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Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the announcement that a new subpoena has been issued as part of the continuing Republican investigation into the actions of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ): |
Witnesses
Jonathan Berroya
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Internet Association
Jenna Close
Director of Photography, Buck the Cubicle
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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks demanding immediate floor consideration of H.R. 5476, the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act. The House will vote on the previous question, which would bring the legislation to the House floor. "Mr. Speaker, I stand here because earlier this week, we were confronted with the threat of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's firing. |
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee hearing on sports betting in America:
"I commend the Subcommittee's Chairman, Jim Sensenbrenner, and Ranking Member, Sheila Jackson Lee, for holding this hearing today on a topic that is important for Congress to examine because of recent developments in the law.
Witnesses
Dr. Mike Adams
Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Adriana Cohen
Syndicated Columnist, Boston Herald Radio Host
Witnesses
Ariane Holtschlag
Attorney, Law Office of William J. Factor, Ltd.
John Rao
Attorney, National Consumer Law Center
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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, called for an immediate vote on the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act in order to protect Special Counsel Mueller's investigation from being improperly interfered with or subverted entirely. Recent reports that President Donald Trump may attempt to fire or force-out Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein make it clearer than ever that the House Judiciary Committee needs to immediately take up the bipartisan, bicameral legislation. |
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), released the following joint statement to mark the 24th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA):
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 6754, the CIRCUIT Act:
"Mr. Chairman, proposals to split up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have been floated since, at least, 1941. But what was a bad idea more than 75 years ago still remains a bad idea today.
"Proponents of splitting up the Ninth Circuit generally mask their arguments in concerns over its size, and the supposed detrimental effect this has on judicial efficiency, and the consistency of its rulings. However, the facts say otherwise.
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 3487 regarding diversity jurisdiction:
"Mr. Chairman, H.R. 3487 would upend two centuries of a bedrock legal principle so that mostly corporate defendants can more easily remove purely state-law cases to federal court, where they will have numerous advantages over injured consumers, patients, and workers.
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 6730, the so-called Injunctive Authority Clarification Act:
"Mr. Chairman, H.R. 6730, the so-called 'Injunctive Authority Clarification Act,' should instead be called the 'Injunctive Authority Uncertainty Act' because this bill would inject confusion and needless barriers to relief into the legal system.
Today, House Judiciary Committee Democrats urged their Republican committee colleagues to join them in sending a notice to Chairman Goodlatte to force consideration of H.R. 5476, the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, legislation to protect the Special Counsel investigation. House Judiciary Democrats are invoking House Rule XI, Clause 2(c)(2), which would force the Committee to hold a special meeting to consider the legislation.
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Washington, D.C. (Sept. 11, 2018)-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to the leaked portions of texts between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page that were mischaracterized by Republican House Members and then repeated by President Donald Trump: