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Administrative Oversight and the Courts

Jurisdiction:  (1) Court administration and management; (2) Judicial rules and procedures; (3) Creation of new courts and judgeships; (4) Bankruptcy; (5) Administrative practices and procedures; (6) Legal reform and liability issues; (7) Oversight of the Department of Justice grant programs, as well as government waste and fraud; (8) Private relief bills other than immigration; (9) Oversight of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

Membership - 7:4
Democratic Members
Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I. (Chairman)
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland
Edward E. Kaufman, Delaware
Al Franken, Minnesota
Republican Members
Jeff Sessions, Alabama (Ranking Member)
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jon Kyl, Arizona
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC  20510
Majority Office
Phone: 202-228-3740
Fax: 202-228-0464
 Minority Office
Phone: 202-224-7572

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Did You Know?  The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 required Supreme Court justices, in addition to presiding on the Supreme Court, to "ride the circuit," and preside over circuit court cases.  The death of James Iredell, one of the original Supreme Court Justices, was said to be due in part to illness caused by harsh weather conditions when riding the circuit.  Supreme Court justices continued to "ride the circuit" until 1891.

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