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Director of the National Institute of Justice - John H. Laub

President Obama nominated John H. Laub to be the Director of the National Institute of Justice on October 5, 2009.  A hearing to consider the nomination was held on November 18, 2009.  An archived webcast is available.  icon_webcast

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Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • November 10, 2009 - Edward Rhine, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
  • November 9, 2009 - Robert J. Sampson, Chairman & Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University, Department of Sociology
  • November 2009 - James Q. Wilson, Emeritus Professor, UCLA
  • October 30, 2009 - Janet L. Lauritsen, Professor, University of Missouri St. Louis, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • October 30, 2009 - Community Resources for Justice
  • October 27, 2009 - Michael Gottfredson, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost, University of California, Irvine
  • October 20, 2009 - Joan Petersilia, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Co-Director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center, Stanford Law School
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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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