COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
HERB KOHL, Wisconsin

CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California

JON KYL, Arizona RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin

JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York

LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois

JOHN CORNYN, Texas BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland

SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island TOM COBURN, Oklahoma

BRUCE A. COHEN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
MICHAEL O'NEILL, Republican Chief Counsel and Staff Director

CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Durbin, Hon. Richard J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois
Feingold, Hon. Russell D., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts,

prepared statement

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont

prepared statement

Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania

Whitehouse, Hon. Sheldon, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island

WITNESSES

Cuéllar, Mariano-Florentino, Professor, Stanford Law School, Stanford, Cali-

fornia

Guter, Donald, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dean, Duquesne University

School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kerr, Orin, Professor, George Washington University Law School, Wash-

ington, D.C.

Rivkin, David B., Jr., Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington,

D.C.

Taft William Howard, IV, Of Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &

Jacobson LLP, Washington, D.C.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Responses Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar to questions submitted by Senators

Kyl and Biden

Responses of Donald Guter to questions submitted by Senators Kyl, Leahy

and Biden

Responses of Orin Kerr to questions submitted by Senators Kyl and Biden

Responses of David B. Rivkin to questions submitted by Senator Kyl

Responses of William H. Taft IV to questions submitted by Senators Kyl

and Biden

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SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

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American Immigration Lawyers Association, Carlina Tapia-Ruano, President,

Washington, Ď.C., letter

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Barry M. Kamins, President,

New York, New York, letter and attachments

Cuéllar, Mariano-Florentino, Professor, Stanford Law School, Stanford, Cali-

fornia

Epstein, Richard A., Chicago, Illinois, letter

Evanglicals for Human Rights, David P. Gushee, Jackson, Tennessee, letter

and attachments

Former United States Attorneys and former senior officials in the Department

of Justice, joint letter

Franklin, Sharon Bradford, Senior Counsel, Constitution Project, Washington,

D.C., letter and attachments

Guter, Donald, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dean, Duquesne University

School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, statement and attachment

Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Hadar Susskind, Washington Director,

Washington, D.C., letter

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Keene, David A., Chairman, American Conservative Union and Co-Chair,

Constitution Project's Liberty & Security Initiative, Alexandria, Virginia,

statement Kerr, Orin S., Professor, George Washington University Law School, Wash

ington, D.C., statement Retired Federal judges, joint letter Rivkin, David B., Jr., Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C.,

statement Taft, William Howard, IV, Of Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &

Jacobson LLP, Washington, D.C., statement

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