This Week In Your Judiciary Committees

The coming week is relatively light. On Tuesday 6/19/2007 at 2:00 PM Eastern the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on War Profiteering and Other Contractor Crimes Committed Overseas. The witness list isn't up yet, but we will try to keep you informed. If you want to watch you can pick up a live webcast here. At 4:00 PM Tuesday 06/19/2007 the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law will hold a hearing on "Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Government Perspectives on Immigration Statistics." I don't think it is going to be webcast. On Thursday 06/21/2007 at 9:00 AM the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is holding a hearing on: "H.R. 558, the “African-American Farmers Benefits Relief Act of 2007” and H.R. 899, “Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007.” It will be webcast. At 12:00 PM Thursday the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law will conduct a hearing on "The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters". A live Webcast will be available.

Over in the Senate Judiciary Committee the action doesn't start until Wednesday. At 10:00 PM Eastern, the Full Committee will conduct a previously postponed hearing on "Rising Violent Crime in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. " The witnesses include The Honorable Mary L. Landrieu, United States Senator [D-LA], The Honorable David Vitter, United States Senator [R-LA],The Honorable James B. Letten, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, The Honorable David L. Bell, Chief Judge, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, New Orleans, LA, Robert A. Stellingworth, President & CEO, New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, New Orleans, LA, Anthony Cannatella, Deputy Police Commissioner, New Orleans, LA, and Hans Marticiuc, President Houston Police Officers’ Union, Houston, TX.

Senator Feinstein will preside over a hearing on “Judicial Nominations” starting at 2:30 PM.

Thursday the full Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled "Civil Rights Division Oversight." The hearing is scheduled to start at 2:00 PM. Witnesses include Wan Kim, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Washington, DC, Brian Landsberg, Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA, and Helen Norton, Visiting Assistant Professor School of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.