Senate Judiciary Committee

BREAKING: President Biden just signed our bill to strengthen federal prison oversight into law, helping ensure our prison system provides safe and humane conditions of confinement.

The Senate passed the DEFIANCE Act to address nonconsensual, sexually-explicit deepfakes this week. An important note: this would be the *first* federal law to give victims civil recourse for this type of abuse.

It fills a tremendous gap in the law, and the House needs to pass it.

The latest term showed the power that big corporations have over the Supreme Court’s conservative majority. We just introduced legislation to reverse its disastrous Corner Post decision.

Let federal agencies do their jobs without the threat of endless, self-interested lawsuits.

BREAKING: A group of Senate Judiciary Democrats just introduced a bill to reverse the Supreme Court’s wrongly decided Corner Post decision last month.

Political violence is never acceptable and never the answer.

Accusing a political party of being “flat out evil… [trying] to murder President Trump” or even saying “Joe Biden sent the orders” is incredibly irresponsible.

BREAKING: Sen. Durbin announces a joint committee classified briefing tomorrow and hearing next week on the assassination attempt against former President Trump.

BREAKING: The Senate unanimously passes Sen. Durbin’s bill to hold accountable those responsible for the proliferation of nonconsensual, sexually-explicit deepfakes.

The Senate is voting on an initial kids’ online safety package this week, which includes the Kids Online Safety Act and COPPA 2.0.

It’s a positive step toward protecting children online, but it must be a starting point. More must be done.

President Biden’s legacy on the federal judiciary is remarkable.

Confirming 202 judges and counting.
Passing landmark gun safety legislation.
Enshrining marriage equality into law.
Fighting for reproductive rights.
Defending democracy.

History will remember his presidency well.

The Department of Justice works on behalf of the American people - not partisan interests. Dismissing the classified documents case against Donald Trump undermines that distinction.

This decision should promptly be overturned on appeal.

After the latest Supreme Court term, we’re reminded of the importance of the rule of law and judges who uphold it.

222 Biden judicial nominations reported to the Senate.
202 judges confirmed, including Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Onwards.

We will not tolerate Republican-appointed justices cherry-picking their way through text and history, especially to impose their extreme vision of presidential power on the American people.

Period.

PASSED: The Senate passed our bill to strengthen federal prison oversight.

The Federal Prison Oversight Act will help ensure BOP is fulfilling its duty to provide safe, humane conditions of confinement to prepare incarcerated individuals for a successful return to society.

PASSED: The Senate passed another one of our online safety bills!

Sen. Klobuchar’s SHIELD ACT makes it illegal to share intimate images without consent, and it will help protect abuse survivors and hold perpetrators accountable.

BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee advances eight judicial nominations to the full Senate, making 17 lifetime judges eligible for a Senate floor vote.

We just announced an upcoming hearing on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Donald Trump immunity case.

This misguided ruling immunizes presidents who commit crimes – no matter how serious. They just need to claim they were “official acts.”

That’s incredibly dangerous.

BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearing on the immediate legal and policy ramifications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Donald Trump immunity case.

BREAKING: Senate Republicans block the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, which would express support for restoring and building upon the protections of Roe v. Wade.

The Senate is voting on the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act today. This is the bill *in its entirety.*

After the disastrous Dobbs decision, we must restore and build on the protections of Roe v. Wade.

It should be a simple YES vote.

The Supreme Court effectively endorsed Richard Nixon’s claim with their presidential immunity decision.

Equal justice under the law can’t just be an aspiration. We must close the civil justice gap and make sure everyone has access to legal representation.

We’ve seen a flood of lawsuits by state attorneys general related to Big Tech’s failure to protect kids online.

Big Tech must be held accountable – and we look forward to hearing from five CEOs at our hearing next month.

Facebook and Instagram are steering child predators to kids, New Mexico AG alleges A new lawsuit from New Mexico's attorney general claims Meta's social-media platforms are images and lets adults find and contact

161 lifetime judges confirmed.
19 nominations eligible for a vote on the Senate floor.

Senate Democrats are confirming judges committed to fair justice for all.

We just advanced three judicial nominees to the full Senate.

The White House and the Oklahoma Senators demonstrated good faith collaboration to identify two of the nominees we advanced on a bipartisan basis today.