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If Republicans hold the Senate and Sen. Lindsey Graham becomes chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he’ll continue to investigate the Justice Department and the FBI’s actions ahead of the 2016 election, the South Carolina Republican said Sunday. Mr. Graham praised the work House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, have done in their probe of the controversial Trump dossier’s connection to a FISA warrant on Trump campaign associate Carter Page.

Veteran Congressman will head influential House Judiciary Committee By Jim Forsyth Thursday, November 4, 2010 The San Antonio Congressman who is in line to become chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee is promising 'a number of investigations and oversight committee actions' which he vows will 'hold the administration accountable,’ 1200 WOAI news reports.

What's the objective?1) Thomas/Scalia for Chief Justice 2) Miguel Estrada to replace Rehnquist 3) Janice Rogers Brown to replace Sandra O'Connor 4) Ted Olsen to replace Stevens 5) Confirm the 15 pending nominees to the Appeals Courts 6) Continue to appoint conservative judges who will respect the law rather than impose their personal beliefs. Will Specter help or hurt this objective?Specter is opposed to strict constructionist judges on principle. The best we can hope for is that Specter will honor his commitment to give the President's nominees an up or down floor vote with a "I wouldn't do this except...

<p>The real scandal is what's in the Democratic memos on judges, not who leaked them.</p> <p>A man from the U.S. Senate's Sergeant-at-Arms Office called this week, asking us to give up the name of one of our sources. A formal probe is under way to discover how last November we got our hands on Democratic strategy memos on how to defeat President Bush's judicial nominees. We politely told the gentleman to take a hike.</p>