Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, urged his colleagues to uphold American values by closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The House was debating an amendment to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act that would have forced the facility to close. The amendment was defeated by a vote… Read more »

Following the public revelation concerning the collection of phone records, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Robert C. “Bobby” Scott… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s comments on pressing national security issues: “I applaud President Obama for addressing many of the serious national security issues that our nation is confronting, and for taking steps to… Read more »

Today, Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice of the House Judiciary Committee, praised the Obama Administration for its decision to charge and prosecute Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, in the United States court system.  Representative Nadler issued the following statement in response to… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, responded to a new report issued by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice on the Voting Rights Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division from 2001-2011.  The 258-page report covers the activities of… Read more »

Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Ranking Constitution Subcommittee Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) in the House, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate, along with House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Ranking House Judiciary Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), ranking member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and a vigorous advocate for the clear separation between Church and State, reluctantly opposed  H.R. 592, the Federal Disaster Assistance Non-Profit Assistance Act, which would amend the Stafford Act to allow direct funding of houses of worship following disasters. … Read more »

President Obama, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, House champions of immigration reform endorse UAFA and LGBT-inclusive immigration legislation Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), one of Congress’s most outspoken defenders of civil rights and civil liberties, was again named the Ranking Democrat on the newly renamed Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice of the House Judiciary Committee.  The Constitution subcommittee has jurisdiction over all proposed constitutional amendments, constitutional rights,… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, voiced his opposition to the Conference Report on H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, because of its provisions allowing for the continued indefinite detention of prisoners without trial. “In the last decade, we have begun to let… Read more »