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Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittees: 108th Congress
Administrative Oversight and the Courts

Membership - 5:4
Republican Members
Jeff Sessions, Alabama (Chairman)
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Larry Craig, Idaho
John Cornyn, Texas
Democratic Members
Chuck Schumer, New York (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
Dick Durbin, Illinois

Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Membership: (5:4)

Republican Members
Mike DeWine, Ohio (Chairman)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Democratic Members
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
John Edwards, North Carolina

The Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights

Membership - 5:4

Republican Members
John Cornyn, Texas (Chairman)
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Lindsey O. Graham, South Carolina
Larry Craig, Idaho
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Democratic Members
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Chuck Schumer, New York
Dick Durbin, Illinois

Crime, Corrections and Victims Rights

Membership - 6:5

Republican Members
Lindsey O. Graham, S. Carolina (Chairman)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Larry Craig, Idaho
John Cornyn, Texas
Democratic Members
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware (Ranking Member)
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, California
Dick Durbin, Illinois
John Edwards, North Carolina

Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship

Membership - 7:6

Republican Members
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia (Chairman)
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Larry Craig, Idaho
John Cornyn, Texas
Democratic Members
Edward M. Kennedy, Mass. (Ranking Member)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Dianne Feinstein, California
Chuck Schumer, New York
Dick Durbin, Illinois
John Edwards, North Carolina

Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

Membership - 6:5

Republican Members
Jon Kyl, Arizona (Chairman)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Mike DeWine, Ohio
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Democratic Members
Dianne Feinstein, Calif. (Ranking Member)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
John Edwards, North Carolina

noteworthy

Did You Know?  The longest serving members in the history of the Senate have served on the Judiciary Committee: Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia served as Senator from Jan. 3, 1959, until June 28, 2010, and served on the Committee from Jan. 14, 2969, until Jan. 3, 1980; Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina served as Senator from Dec. 24, 1954, until April 4, 1956, and from Nov. 7, 1956, until Jan. 3, 2003, and served on the Committee from Jan. 16, 1967, until Jan. 3, 2003; and Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts served as Senator From Nov. 7, 1962, until Aug. 25., 2009, and served on the Committee from Feb. 15, 1963, until Jan. 21, 2009.

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