Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji …

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as she sits down for a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Senate committee’s report details Trump’s all-out effort …

In this Dec. 5, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates in Valdosta, Ga. A report by the Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic majority details Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost. His pursuit of fraud claims brought the Justice Department to the brink of chaos and prompted top officials there and at the White House to threaten to resign. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance Merrick Garland’s …

Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's pick to be attorney general, answers questions from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AG nominee Merrick Garland vows Capitol riot prosecutions …

Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judicary Committee, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

After criticism, Sen. Feinstein will not seek leadership …

Sen. Dianne Feinstein participates in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining liability during the coronavirus on May 12, 2020. (Carlos Barria / AFP / Getty Images)

Senate Judiciary Committee advances Amy Coney Barrett’s …

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Judiciary sets Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s …

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

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SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she’s committed …

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the third day of her confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP)

2 members of Senate Judiciary panel test positive …

Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after President Donald Trump announced her as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the Rose Garden on Sept. 26, 2020. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

GOP Judiciary Committee member has COVID-19 but says …

In this Sept. 29, 2020, photo, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, poses with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, both without masks, at the Capitol in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Sen. Lindsey Graham Overrides Senate Rules to Push …

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) questions Kelly Craft, President Trump's nominee to be Representative to the United Nations, during her nomination hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

House Republicans Vow Tough Questions for Mueller …

In this file photo, Robert Mueller, then the director of the FBI, arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

AG Barr’s Senate Testimony Brings Rift With Mueller …

Attorney General William Barr arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1, 2019. (Credit: Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Senate Panel Approves Trump’s Attorney General Nominee …

William Barr, nominee to be U.S. Attorney General, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2019. (Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)