Judiciary Committee

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** FILE ** Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Tuesday led the joint reading of the U.S. Constitution by about 75 members of Congress. (Associated Press)

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Judge Robert H. Bork, nominated by President Reagan to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is sworn before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill for his confirmation hearing on Sept. 15, 1987. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

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“Delay for delay’s sake is wrong and should end.” - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** FBI Director Robert Mueller confers with an aide on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 16, 2012, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sen. Arlen Specter (center, facing camera), Pennsylvania Republican and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, swears in Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (back to camera) on Jan. 9, 2006, during his confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Republican Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is charging that the Obama administration has “falsified” deportation records to artificially boost numbers by adding Border Patrol apprehensions to the total. (Associated Press)

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, doesn't have "much of a leg to stand on" in his complaints about Senate Republicans preventing votes on more judicial nominees, a conservative critic contends. (Associated Press)