The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution is one of eight subcommittees within the Senate Judiciary Committee. The subcommittee was best known in the 1970s as the committee of Sam Ervin, whose investigations and lobbying — together with Frank Church and the Church Commission — led to the passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Jurisdiction

From the Senate Judiciary Committee website:

  • (1) Amendments to the United States Constitution
  • (2) Civil rights oversight
  • (3) Property rights
  • (4) Federal-state relations
  • (5) Individual rights
  • (6) Commemorative Congressional Resolutions
  • (7) Interstate compacts

Members, 119th Congress

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  • Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
  • Cory Booker, New Jersey
  • Jon Ossoff, Georgia

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  • Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member
  • John Cornyn, Texas
  • Mike Lee, Utah

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117th Congress

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  • Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, Chair
  • Dianne Feinstein, California
  • Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
  • Jon Ossoff, Georgia

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  • Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member
  • John Cornyn, Texas
  • Mike Lee, Utah
  • Ben Sasse, Nebraska

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116th Congress

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  • Ted Cruz, Texas, Chair
  • John Cornyn, Texas
  • Mike Crapo, Idaho
  • Mike Lee, Utah
  • Ben Sasse, Nebraska
  • Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

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  • Mazie Hirono, Hawaii, Ranking Member
  • Dick Durbin, Illinois
  • Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
  • Chris Coons, Delaware
  • Kamala Harris, California

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See also

  • United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution

References

  • Senate Judiciary Committee website, Subcommittee page
  • Govtrack.us site on subcommittee