United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government

The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government is one of six subcommittees of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary. Until 2019 it was called the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, and between 2019 and 2023, the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

Jurisdiction

Constitutional rights, constitutional amendments, Federal civil rights, voting rights, claims against the United States, non-immigration private claims bills, ethics in government, tort liability, federal charters of incorporation, and other matters. ^[1]

Members, 119th Congress

Majority [2]	Minority [3]
Chip Roy, Texas, Chair Tom McClintock, California Thomas Massie, Kentucky Harriet Hageman, Wyoming Wesley Hunt, Texas Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin Mark Harris, North Carolina Bob Onder, Missouri Brandon Gill, Texas	Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania, Ranking Member Steve Cohen, Tennessee Pramila Jayapal, Washington Becca Balint, Vermont Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California Dan Goldman, New York
Ex officio
Jim Jordan, Ohio	Jaime Raskin, Maryland

Historical membership rosters

115th Congress

Majority	Minority
Steve King, Iowa, Chairman Louie Gohmert, Texas Karen Handel, Georgia	Steve Cohen, Tennessee, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, Maryland Ted Deutch, Florida
Ex officio
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia	Jerrold Nadler, New York

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116th Congress

Majority	Minority
Steve Cohen, Tennessee, Chair Jamie Raskin, Maryland, Vice Chair Eric Swalwell, California Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania Sylvia Garcia, Texas Veronica Escobar, Texas Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas	Mike Johnson, Louisiana, Ranking Member Louie Gohmert, Texas Jim Jordan, Ohio Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania Ben Cline, Virginia Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota
Ex officio
Jerrold Nadler, New York	Doug Collins, Georgia (until March 12, 2020) Jim Jordan, Ohio (March 12, 2020 on)

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
Steve Cohen, Tennessee, Chair Jamie Raskin, Maryland Deborah K. Ross, North Carolina Hank Johnson, Georgia Sylvia Garcia, Texas Cori Bush, Missouri Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas	Mike Johnson, Louisiana, Ranking Member Tom McClintock, California Chip Roy, Texas Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota Burgess Owens, Utah
Ex officio
Jerrold Nadler, New York	Jim Jordan, Ohio

118th Congress

Majority	Minority
Mike Johnson, Louisiana, Chair (until October 25, 2023) Chip Roy, Texas, Chair (from October 26, 2023) Tom McClintock, California Dan Bishop, North Carolina Kevin Kiley, California Harriet Hageman, Wyoming Wesley Hunt, Texas Russell Fry, South Carolina	Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania, Ranking Member Steve Cohen, Tennessee Veronica Escobar, Texas Cori Bush, Missouri Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Hank Johnson, Georgia Becca Balint, Vermont
Ex officio
Jim Jordan, Ohio	Jerrold Nadler, New York

See also

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

References

1. "The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government". House Judiciary Committee Republicans. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
2. "The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government". Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
3. "Ranking Member Raskin Announces House Judiciary Subcommittee Ranking Members, Subcommittee Assignments for 119th Congress". House Committee on the Judiciary Democrats. January 15, 2025.
4. "Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-10-31.

External links

• Subcommittee page