The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked 7 to 7 on Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court nomination before advancing it to the Senate without recommendation

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Representatives Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia serve as the ranking Democratic members on the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight Committee, respectively

The United States Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced the NO FAKES Act out of committee

Federal prosecutors relied on House Judiciary Committee Republican general counsel Steve Castor to substantiate the materiality element of the false statement charges against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides

Steve Castor did not attend the congressional transcribed interview of Bradley Benavides and did not read the transcript prior to advising the FBI on materiality

The Federal Bureau of Investigation originally collected committee assessments on materiality through written questions without providing exact transcripts of Nikki Flores and Bradley Benavides's House Judiciary Committee testimony

In 1957, after Senator Estes Kefauver voted against Lyndon B. Johnson on a legislative motion, Johnson assigned a coveted Foreign Relations Committee seat to Senator John F. Kennedy

In 1957, Lyndon B. Johnson bypassed Senator Estes Kefauver and assigned a vacant Senate Foreign Relations Committee seat to John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson altered the Senate Democratic caucus rules to assign committee seats through the Democratic Steering Committee rather than strictly by seniority

Lyndon B. Johnson altered Senate Democratic procedure to assign committee seats through the Democratic Steering Committee rather than seniority

Prior to Lyndon B. Johnson's leadership, United States Senate committee assignments were determined strictly by seniority for approximately one century

Susan Collins publicly stated she was disappointed in Justice Brett Kavanaugh's vote to overturn Roe v. Wade and had no way to anticipate that outcome

Susan Collins serves as the chair of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

Susan Collins cast a pivotal Senate vote in 2018 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court

Susan Collins served as the chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh voted to overturn Roe v. Wade

Susan Collins voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court in 2018

During the nineteenth century, Supreme Court justices performed circuit riding duties representing specific geographic regions of the United States

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricts judicial review of certain border barrier waiver decisions exclusively to direct Supreme Court appeals

Elias Caldwell served as clerk of the Supreme Court while editing the Washington Federalist newspaper

The Judiciary Act of 1807 established the Seventh Circuit, encompassing Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee