What Is the Joint Committee on the Judiciary?
In the United States, a Joint Committee on the Judiciary is one name for a legislative committee that oversees all the functions, decisions and administrative matters of the courts and the judiciary system. Although not all states use this name, each state has its own committee that is responsible for the proceedings in its own jurisdiction. Members of the committee are also members of the Senate or House of Representatives, and hail from different districts within the state and different political parties to help ensure the fairness of the committee. In most states, each committee is made up of two chairs or co-chairs, two vice-chairs, and two ranking minority members. Each set of ranked individuals is made up of one member from the Senate and one member from the House of Representatives, hence the reference to a joint committee. The rest of the committee is filled out by equal members from both the House and Senate.
