judiciary committee
Congressional legal overseers
A judiciary committee is a legislative body that handles matters related to the courts, law enforcement, and the justice system.
In the U.S.
Congress, the House and Senate Judiciary Committees oversee federal courts, constitutional amendments, immigration policy, and impeachment proceedings: The judiciary committee held hearings on the Supreme Court nomination.
- subcommitteeSubset of larger panel
- hearingsOfficial evidence-gathering sessions
- oversight hearingLegislative review of agencies
- sworn testimonyOath-bound legal statement
- opening statementFirst formal address
chair · impeachment · lawmaking · chairperson · confirmation · executive session · legal counsel · bills · subpoena power · ranking member · legal ethics · witness · legal precedent · gavel · amendments · quorum · constitutional · parliamentary procedure
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, executive branch, ministry
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
- committeesspecial committees, joint committees, subcommittees, subcommittee, ad hoc committees
- hearingscongressional hearing, congressional hearings, confirmation hearing, public hearings, impeachment hearings
- impeachmentimpeachment, articles of impeachment, impeachment inquiry, high crimes, Senate trial
judiciary committeeappropriations committee
Legislative panel allocating funds
judiciary committeeSupreme Court
Nation's top tribunal
judicial branch · federal judiciary · federal courts · court system · bench