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Eric Holder's Baffling KSM Decision
Nov 20th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to question Attorney General Eric Holder about his decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in criminal courts rather than military tribunals...
4 Reasons Holder Failed to Convince Me on Terror Trials
Nov 20th, 2009 - FOXNews
In his recent appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder had the opportunity to outline clearly the Obama administration’s approach to the vexing legal issues surrounding the war against terrorists...
Holder suggests acquittal won't free terrorist
Nov 19th, 2009 - Washington Times
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. let stand Wednesday a claim that confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will remain in U.S. custody even if he is acquitted in the so-called "trial of the century" scheduled for a New York courtroom.
GOP senators grill Holder on decision to try 9/11 suspects in federal court
Nov 19th, 2009 - Dallasnews
WASHINGTON – In a series of testy exchanges, Republican senators confronted Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday over his decision to try the Sept. 11 terrorism suspects in civilian court. President Barack Obama...
Holder defends plan to try 9/11 terrorists in NYC
Nov 18th, 2009 - Newsday
WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON - Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four others must be, and will be, convicted, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday in...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Sotomayor
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David Drummond testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee (2)
(Part 2 of 2) David Drummond, Google's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights at a July 15, 2008 hearing about competition and the Google-Yahoo! ad agreement ...
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Dr. Charmaine Yoest Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court
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Feingold: We're Not the Prosecutor Committee, We're the Judiciary Committee
Senator Russ Feingold during a Judiciary Committee markup meeting on reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act on Thursday, October 8, 2009.

Senate Judiciary Committee from WikiPedia:

The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. The Judiciary Committee is charged with conducting hearings prior to the Senate votes on whether to confirm or not confirm prospective federal judges (including Supreme Court justices) nominated by the president. In recent years, this role has made the committee increasingly a point of contention, with numerous party-line votes and standoffs over which judges should be approved. The committee also has a broad jurisdiction over matters relating to federal criminal law. Additionally, it is Senate procedure that all proposed Constitutional Amendments pass through the Judiciary Committee.

The committee is one of the oldest in the Senate. It was initially created in 1816.