United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution is one of seven subcommittees within the Senate Judiciary Committee. The subcomittee was best known in the 1970s as the committee of Sam Ervin, whose investigations and lobbying — together with Frank Church and the Church Commission — lead to the founding of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Jurisdiction

From the Senate Judiciary Committee website:

Majority	Minority
Dick Durbin, Illinois, Chairman Patrick Leahy, Vermont Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Al Franken, Minnesota Chris Coons, Delaware Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut	Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Ranking Member Jon Kyl, Arizona John Cornyn, Texas Mike Lee, Utah Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

Current United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittees

Administrative Oversight and the Courts • Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights • The Constitution • Crime and Drugs • Immigration, Refugees and Border Security • Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Deficit Reduction (Select) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Defunct committees