At Constitution Subcommittee hearing on Voting Rights enforcement, Nadler scolds GOP for smearing DOJ and failing to invite that agency to testify Read more »

Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Cicilline (D-RI), and John Conyers (D-MI) – the lead sponsors of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner citing new decisions in federal court declaring… Read more »

Today, in response to the weekend’s events in Zuccotti Park, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and the representative of Lower Manhattan, reiterated his call for a full U.S. Department of Justice investigation into allegations of excessive force used by NYPD officers against Occupy Wall Street… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, denounced the premise of a Judiciary Committee hearing on the Administration’s decision to provide access to free universal birth control, and derided ongoing efforts among Republicans to exploit religious liberties concerns in order to undermine women’s… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, reintroduced the American Anti-Torture Act in order to establish a uniform, minimum standard for interrogations of detainees by the U.S. government.  The bill would ensure that individuals in U.S. custody are not tortured, a core standard already… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, denounced the GOP’s latest attempt to use race and sex as a ploy to curb women’s reproductive rights.  H.R. 3541, which was marked up in the House Judiciary Committee, would force doctors to guess the motive of the woman seeking an abortion, and to refuse… Read more »

With the stroke of a pen, President Bush bypassed Congress and the Constitution today in legalizing government-funded religious discrimination, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said today.  Rep. Nadler is the ranking Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee in the US House of Representatives. In a statement critical of a series of executive orders, which would exempt religious… Read more »

Calling attention to one of the most gruesome forms of crime committed against women, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined with other Members of Congress, as well as the National Organization of Women, Amnesty International, and the Feminist Majority to introduce a resolution condemning so-called “honor crimes.” “Let there be no mistake, there is absolutely nothing… Read more »

Using the motif of Valentines Day as a backdrop, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today reintroduced of “The Permanent Partners Immigration Act” today, which would help countless numbers of bi-national gay and lesbian partnerships to remain together.  Joining Rep. Nadler were representatives from the leading gay and lesbian groups in the nation, as well as the most respected… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), one of the most outspoken proponents of civil rights and liberties protections, was today named the Ranking Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. The Constitution subcommittee has jurisdiction over all proposed constitutional amendments, and deals with such issues as constitutional rights, federal civil rights laws,… Read more »