Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) attended President Obama’s address on surveillance reform at the Department of Justice. In his remarks, the President concurred with many of the findings of the Review Group he convened on Intelligence and Communications Technologies—including its recommendation that the government… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, stated his vehement opposition to H.R. 7, which would impose unacceptable limits on a woman’s reproductive rights. During a press conference prior to the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on H.R. 7, Congressman Nadler railed against… Read more »

Today, Congressmembers Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, Tom Petri (R-WI), and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the Ranking Democrat of the Judiciary Committee, reintroduced legislation that would ensure meaningful judicial determination of the state secrets privilege. The bipartisan State Secrets Protection Act… Read more »

Today, further details about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance program were made public in press accounts. Specifically, it was reported that internal NSA’s reports show that the agency repeatedly ran afoul of privacy rules. Following these public revelations, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, applauded the latest success of the Affordable Care Act. “Instead of fighting to create American jobs and doing the people’s business, today, Republicans are once again voting to undermine the successful Affordable Care Act – for the 38th time.… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, and author of the Respect for Marriage Act, the bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), cheered today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which clears the path to restoration of marriage equality in… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision in the Voting Rights Act case: “Today’s decision undermines this nation’s strong commitment to the protection of voting rights for all. The pre-clearance requirement, now… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, defended the victims of rape and the reproductive rights of all women by speaking out against a Republican bill, H.R. 1797, which would ban abortion under certain circumstances.  Newly drafted language contained in the bill would provide some exceptions… 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, in response to the withholding of the Leahy Amendment to protect LGBT families during the committee’s markup of immigration reform legislation, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) released the following statement: “As the House sponsor of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), I am extremely disappointed that an amendment to ensure equal treatment for same-sex, bi-national… Read more »