Senate Judiciary Committee
Biden’s Muslim American judicial nominee threatened by smear campaign
By Yonat Shimron — March 19, 2024
(RNS) — Muslim Americans are significantly underrepresented as a proportion of the population in the nation's federal judiciary.
Interfaith rally supports Ketanji Brown Jackson in front of Supreme Court
By Adelle M. Banks — March 30, 2022
(RNS) — While Jackson has generally been private about her faith, speakers in her favor prayed for Senate action and tied their support for her to their religions.
Jeff Sessions needs a Sunday school lesson on immigration
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 6, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Confirmation hearings begin next week for Donald Trump’s pick for U.S attorney general, who finds fodder in the Bible to justify his reactionary anti-immigrant positions. But the Alabama senator is out of step with more than a millennium of Christian thought and discipleship.
After shooting, Sikhs push for more legal protections
By Jeanie Groh — September 20, 2012
(RNS) U.S. Sikhs are taking heart in a widely publicized hearing on hate crimes that they see as a first step toward better understanding of the community and increased legal protections. By Jeanie Groh.
Faith and rights groups call for hate crime hearings
By Chris Lisee — August 22, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) Following a rash of recent attacks, a coalition of more than 150 organizations is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to conduct hearings next month on hate crimes and hate groups in the United States. By Chris Lisee.
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