The Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 4:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice will hold a hearing titled, “Oversight of the False Claims Act.” The hearing will examine the False Claims Act, which is one of the government’s principal anti-fraud laws that has proven to be effective at recovering taxpayer money lost as a result of fraud against the federal government.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of April 25-29, 2016. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2710:00 a.m. | Full Committee Markup

• H.R. __, the “Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016” (Rep.

Washington, D.C—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), and the bill’s sponsor and House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) released the following statements upon the passage of the Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016 (H.R.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to thirty-three public colleges and universities requesting a response to a previous letter sent by the House Judiciary Committee in August, urging the schools to update their speech codes. The original letter was distributed to 161 public colleges and universities following a 

Chairman Goodlatte: Hard-working Americans are some of the leading victims of frivolous lawsuits and the extraordinary costs that our legal system imposes.  Everyday local business owners routinely have lawsuits filed against them based on claims they have no substantive connection to, as a means of forum shopping on the part of the lawyers filing the case. These lawsuits impose a tremendous burden on small businesses and their employees.