The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution is one of eight subcommittees within the Senate Judiciary Committee. The subcommittee was best known in the 1970s as the committee of Sam Ervin, whose investigations and lobbying — together with Frank Church and the Church Commission — led to the passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Jurisdiction From the Senate Judiciary Committee website: (1) Amendments to the United States Constitution (2) Civil rights oversight (3) Property rights (4) Federal-state relations (5) Individual rights (6) Commemorative Congressional Resolutions (7) Interstate compacts
Members, 119th Congress MajorityMinority Eric Schmitt, Missouri, Chair John Cornyn, Texas Mike Lee, Utah Ted Cruz, Texas Josh Hawley, Missouri John Kennedy, Louisiana Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Peter Welch, Vermont, Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Mazie Hirono, Hawaii Cory Booker, New Jersey Alex Padilla, California Adam Schiff, California
Historical subcommittee rosters 118th Congress MajorityMinority Dianne Feinstein, California, Chair (until September 29, 2023) Laphonza Butler, California, Chair (from October 3, 2023) Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Cory Booker, New Jersey Jon Ossoff, Georgia Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member John Cornyn, Texas Mike Lee, Utah 117th Congress MajorityMinority Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, Chair Dianne Feinstein, California Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Jon Ossoff, Georgia Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member John Cornyn, Texas Mike Lee, Utah Ben Sasse, Nebraska
116th Congress
MajorityMinority Ted Cruz, Texas, Chair John Cornyn, Texas Mike Crapo, Idaho Mike Lee, Utah Ben Sasse, Nebraska Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Mazie Hirono, Hawaii, Ranking Member Dick Durbin, Illinois Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Chris Coons, Delaware Kamala Harris, California
See also United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution
References
External links Senate Judiciary Committee website, Subcommittee page Govtrack.us site on subcommittee