Defending freedoms. Advancing equality. Ensuring justice for all. News from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member @SenatorDurbin.
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Donald Trump continues to attack Americans’ right to vote because he knows his party can’t win on the issues.
The Trump Administration’s flawed voter screening database is yet another example of this Administration’s disregard of constitutional rights.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Trump Administration to proceed with flawed voter screening database ahead of midterms.
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Donald Trump spent months spreading the Big Lie and pressuring election officials & Members of Congress to help overturn the 2020 election.
Jack Smith investigated this criminal effort.
Finally on Tuesday, Mr. Smith will be able to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee his story.
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BREAKING: Special Counsel Jack Smith will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday.
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Sen. DURBIN: Justice Gregory Cook described identified himself as "Trump-Tough" and wrote, “Any Republican is better than any Democrat." Litigants who have different political views than Justice Cook have no reason to believe he will treat them fairly.
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Sen. BOOKER: Could Flock be used to track and ultimately prosecute women who are accessing reproductive care?
Privacy expert: That is completely correct. The AI will find Planned Parenthood clinics. They will look for patterns—who went to a doctor and then to a drugstore.
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Sen. PADILLA: Can you explain how [Flock] agreements allow ICE to access data?
Privacy expert: All it takes is one officer who's a customer of Flock and participates in their data sharing program. [They] get a call from an ICE agent that says, "Hey, can you run a search for me?”
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An investigation into the Trump Admin's rushed expansion of immigration detention found that they spent millions of taxpayer dollars on unused facilities.
Their cruel mass deportation campaign is spending YOUR money to put immigrants into poorly run and deadly facilities.
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BREAKING: Trump Administration wasted millions of dollars on expanding immigration detention facilities.
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Sen. DURBIN: If Republicans actually want to stand up for women in sports, they should address the real documented threats. Namely, unequal pay, failure to uphold title IX, rampant sexual abuse, and lack of equal resources for men's and women's teams.
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Mother of Renée Good: Renée should still be alive. I’ll say that again: My daughter should still be alive.
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Sen. DURBIN: Sheriff, what was the breaking point for you?
Sheriff who ended county Flock contract: They [Flock] would not give me answers. There was too much disinformation and dishonesty.
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Mother of ICE shooting victim: Ruben was a loving brother, uncle, nephew and friend. He had no criminal history. The months that followed his shooting were consumed by grief and frustration. We felt unheard, left without answers—knowing Ruben's death was unjust.
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Sen. DURBIN: For the Flock CEO, obviously they are nervous about being on camera. But, I wish they would have joined us today. It would be interesting to hear their explanation.
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Sons of father shot by ICE: We still haven’t gotten straight answers from DHS about what happened. What are the names of the ICE agents who killed our dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo? Why do they get to be protected behind anonymity?
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Sen. DURBIN: If you ask the American people what issues they hope Congress will address, this hearing would not be in the top 10. People are concerned about the cost of living. They are concerned about their utility and grocery bills. They want to know what we are doing about it.
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Mother of Renée Good: I voted for Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect the citizens of the United States against terrorists…certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness.
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Sen. DURBIN: Judge Pemberton you found the decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court preserving a right to an abortion when a mother’s life is at risk to be remarkably troubling. Is that your view today?
Trump Nominee: I was addressing the reasoning included in the Court's opinion.
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While automated license plate reader technology has helped locate missing persons, stolen vehicles, & suspects, there are many cases of misuse leading to wrongful stops and/or arrests.
Next week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will examine how this technology is being deployed.
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