United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution

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

Majority[1]	Minority[1]
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

Majority	Minority
Dianne Feinstein, California, Chair (until September 29, 2023) Laphonza Butler, California, Chair (since October 3, 2023) [2] Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Cory Booker, New Jersey Jon Ossoff, Georgia	Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member John Cornyn, Texas Mike Lee, Utah

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
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

Majority	Minority
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