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10 unusual facts about United States House Committee on the Judiciary


2006 Ontario terrorism plot

John Hostettler, American chairman of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Border Security said the arrest illustrated that "South Toronto" served as a "enclave for radical discussion", where people held "a militant understanding of Islam".

Judiciary Committee

United States House Committee on the Judiciary, a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives

Reuben Moon

He served as Chairman, Committee on Revision of the Laws in the 59th through 61st Congresses.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet is a subcommittee within the House Judiciary Committee.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property is a subcommittee within the House committee on the Judiciary.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations is a subcommittee within the House Judiciary Committee.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Border Security

The United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Border Security is a standing committee within the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law is a subcommittee within the House committee on the Judiciary.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice is one of five subcommittees of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.

United States Senate Committee on Claims

The United States House of Representatives also had a Committee on Claims until 1946, when its duties were absorbed by the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.


Earl C. Michener

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary in the 80th Congress.

Roderick R. Butler

During the 40th Congress (1867–1869), Butler served on the Committee on the Revision of Laws (now part of the Judiciary Committee).

Sholom Rubashkin

On May 3, 2011, at a once-a-year House Oversight Hearing of the Judiciary Committee at which Attorney General Eric Holder testified, two members of Congress (Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL and Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX) publicly mentioned the case of Sholom Rubashkin to the Attorney General.

Thomas Brackett Reed

He chaired the Committee on the Judiciary (Forty-seventh Congress) and chaired the Rules Committee (Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses).