Top Judiciary panel aide to lead new team at Covington & Burling
Aaron Cooper, a top Senate Judiciary Committee aide who was instrumental in passage of a major patent reform bill, is joining the law and lobby firm Covington & Burling.Cooper, who was the chief...
View ArticlePrivacy board to testify before Senate Judiciary
All five members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next month, Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced on Wednesday.On Feb. 12, the...
View ArticleJudiciary advances bill to lower sentencing for drug crimes
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would lower nonviolent drug mandatory sentences.Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Smarter Sentencing Act, which gives...
View ArticleThe 'farmer from Iowa' fights back
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) could become the first member who has not practiced law to lead the Judiciary Committee if the GOP wins back control of the Senate this year. And he is pushing back on the...
View ArticleDems seek to demonize justices
brightcove.createExperiences(); Senate Democrats and liberal groups are mounting a pressure campaign against the Supreme Court, hoping to influence future decisions by...
View ArticleThis Week in Tech: Senators seek breakthrough on patent reform
The Senate Judiciary Committee next week is once again scheduled to mark up a patent reform bill from Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).The bill, which takes aim at “patent trolls,” the companies that...
View ArticleAmid Senate stall, coalition calls for patent bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee has hit a weekslong roadblock in its efforts to stop patent “trolls,” but a coalition looking for a major overhaul is telling lawmakers to keep pushing.In a letter to...
View ArticleGrassley: Obama ‘stonewalled’ watchdogs
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) blasted President Obama’s administration for stonewalling agency inspectors general.“This is an administration that pledged to be the most transparent in history. Yet,...
View ArticleGrassley: Obama immigration action another on ‘list of abuses’
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said President Obama is poised to issue a “mass amnesty” order by executive “fiat.”“He has threatened mass amnesty from our immigration laws by fiat,” Grassley said on the...
View ArticleGrassley: New senators should have a say on nominations
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) objected to the Senate considering 12 judicial nominations in the lame duck.Grassley said the Senate shouldn’t vote on judicial nominations during the lame duck because it...
View ArticleJudiciary chairman calls for action to stop synthetic drug use
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Congress should do more to prevent the use of synthetic drugs.“Congress and the Drug Enforcement Administration have to work hard to stay on top of synthetic drugs,”...
View ArticlePatrick Leahy, Rand Paul to be honored as constitutional champions
Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have been chosen to receive the Constitutional Champion Award for their efforts to reform the criminal justice system.The Constitution Project, a...
View ArticleCornyn breaks with Grassley, says he's 'glad' Feinstein...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) broke with colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday in saying he was "glad" that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the Senate testimony of Fusion GPS...
View ArticleSenate panel moves to take up bill protecting Mueller
The Senate Judiciary Committee is moving forward with legislation to limit President Trump's ability to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wants to add the...
View ArticleBooker releases new round of 'confidential' Kavanaugh documents
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday released a new set of "confidential" documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's White House tenure despite threats of an Ethics Committee...
View ArticleWatch live: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on reducing gun violence
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday is slated to hold a hearing on reducing gun violence.The hearing was scheduled before the mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., on Monday that left at least 10...
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