United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

to follow!” Trump tweeted. Uranium deal to Russia, with Clinton help and Obama Administration knowledge, is the biggest story that Fake Media doesn't want to follow! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2017 A day earlier, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, vowed at a public hearing to “get to the bottom of this issue.”

serving the people of California, first at the local level and later at the national one. In 1960, Feinstein was elected by Governor Pat Brown to the state 's Women 's Board of Parole, making her the youngest member in the nation. Dianne Feinstein held her position with Board of Parole for six years, and in 1968 she became a member of the San Francisco Committee on Crime. During 1969, Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming again the first woman ever to serve as the board

An Overview of the Impeachment Proceedings of William J. Clinton The impeachment trial of President Clinton originated from a civil lawsuit filed in 1994 by Paula Jones. Jones alleged that in 1991 Governor Clinton asked a state trooper to bring her up to his room at Excelsior Hotel, where she alleged he dropped his trousers and asked her to "kiss it" (Chronology of the Paula Jones Case, BBC, January, 1998). The case made it to the Supreme Court because of the President's request to delay the

In Article Three of the United States Constitution, the framers established a judicial branch of government that comprised of the Supreme Court and lower courts. In Article Two, the framers gave the President of the United States the power to nominate a Supreme Court Justice and, with Senate confirmation, requires Justices to be appointed. After being elected, the White House staff prepares a list of possible candidates for the President to use as potential picks, usually consisting of judges,

The Senate and the house both have very important committees that take care of many things for the United States. Each committee is responsible for taking care of specific work that belongs to them. An important and prestigious committee in the Senate that I decided to take a look into is the Judicial committee. On the other side of things for the House of Representatives I decided to look into the committee of Foreign Affairs. Both of these committees are not only important to their respective house

select committees were established to allow Members to discuss particular pieces of statutes on behalf of the Committee of the whole. The first committee’s purpose was to draw up Senate rules of procedure. In the first session, committees usually consisted of only three members that worked on routine business and five members that worked on more important issues. One of the largest committee

The Thurmond Rule is an informal and somewhat amorphous rule in the United States Senate regarding confirmations of judicial nominees. While it originated with former Senator Strom Thurmond's opposition to President Lyndon Johnson's nomination of Justice Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in June 1968, the specifics of the rule vary between sources. Thurmond himself said that no lifetime judicial appointments should move in the last six months or so of a lame-duck presidency.[1]

senator of Texas I would have to be at least thirty years of age, have been a citizen for nine years, and live within the state of Texas. Since the Senate consists of a hundred members, two per state, I would be one of two people to be elected for Texas State Senator.I would be active six terms and would make $174,00 a year. A Congressional Session usually last most of the year. The Senate met 136 days through the course of ten months according to Congress.gov. As a Senator of Texas I would like more

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia set off shockwaves throughout a polarized Washington D.C. Senate Republicans wasted little time stating that any nominee from President Obama would not even get a hearing. Claiming that the people of the United States should have a voice in this process. Or in other words “We are stalling and hoping that we win the White House in November”. While it is only one seat, that one seat could drastically change the course of American history. The Supreme

Republican John Cornyn was first elected to the United States Senate on November 5, 2002, by winning more than 55 percent of all votes. In 2008, he was reelected for a second term as U.S. Senator of Texas, and also in 2014 for his third term, where he is currently serving. In 1973, Senator Cornyn attended Trinity