Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee

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The Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is the U.S. senator who leads the powerful committee overseeing federal courts, judicial nominations, and key legislation on civil liberties and criminal justice.

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Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate committee chairmanship ⓘ
parliamentary office ⓘ
appointedBy majority party of the United States Senate ⓘ
canBeHeldBy member of the majority party in the Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
intellectual property law ⓘ
judicial administration ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver committee agenda of the Senate Judiciary Committee ⓘ
management of judicial nomination hearings ⓘ
referral of legislation within the committee ⓘ
scheduling of committee hearings ⓘ
scheduling of committee markups ⓘ
subpoena power of the Senate Judiciary Committee ⓘ
hasPower to call witnesses before the committee ⓘ
to hold investigative hearings ⓘ
to negotiate bipartisan agreements on judicial nominations ⓘ
hasSeatOn Senate Judiciary Committee ex officio leadership ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction civil liberties legislation ⓘ
constitutional amendments related to the judiciary ⓘ
criminal justice legislation ⓘ
federal courts of the United States ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts

federal judicial nominations ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
officeHolder U.S. senator ⓘ
oversees confirmation hearings for Supreme Court justices ⓘ
confirmation hearings for federal judges ⓘ
confirmation hearings for senior Department of Justice officials ⓘ
confirmation hearings for the Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
oversight of federal law enforcement agencies ⓘ
oversight of immigration courts and related policies ⓘ
oversight of the Department of Justice ⓘ
oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
partOf Senate Judiciary Committee ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
precededBy ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee when party control changes ⓘ
reportsTo United States Senate as a whole ⓘ
requires membership in the United States Senate ⓘ
responsibleFor coordinating with Senate leadership on floor consideration of judiciary-related bills ⓘ
coordinating with Senate leadership on floor consideration of nominations ⓘ
guiding judicial nominations through committee ⓘ
managing committee debate on judicial nominees ⓘ
managing committee debate on major judiciary-related legislation ⓘ
selectedBy Senate majority party conference ⓘ
termLength varies with party control of the Senate ⓘ

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Orrin Hatch → positionHeld → Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee ⓘ