Judiciary Committee

The decisionmaking process on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s seat on the Supreme Court has spanned three months since he was nominated by President Donald Trump in July. Traditional hearings are generally followed by a decision, but this case was rather accompanied by daylong Senate...

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee Wednesday marked up a bill that would permanently ban local and state Internet taxes. The bill, known as the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, would extend and make permanent a similar ban dating from 1998 that had been extended three times and was due to...

A number of major U.S. corporations have had it with patent trolls. On Tuesday, the companies added their names to those urging Congress to do something about entities that buy up patents and then sue other companies for infringement, according to Reuters. Among the companies asking lawmakers...