The Senate Judiciary Committee is responsible for conducting hearings on nominations to fill executive positions within the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Commerce, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the United States Parole Commission, United States Sentencing Commission.  Following confirmation hearings during which nominees are asked questions by the members of the Committee, a nomination is listed for consideration by the Judiciary Committee during an Executive Business Meeting.  If a majority of the Committee orders an executive nomination to be reported to the full Senate for consideration, the nomination is placed on the Executive Calendar.  If a majority of the Senate votes in favor of an executive nomination, the President is notified and the nomination is confirmed.

• 111th Congress:  Executive Confirmations
  
• 110th Congress:  Executive Confirmations
  

Executive nominations that are considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee include:

• Department of Justice
• • Attorney General
    Eric H. Holder Jr. (Confirmed on February 2, 2009)
    
  • Deputy Attorney General
    David W. Ogden (Confirmed on March 12, 2009)
    
  • Associate Attorney General
    Thomas J. Perrelli (Confirmed on March 12, 2009)
  • Solicitor General 
    Elena Kagan (Confirmed on March 19, 2009)
  • Assistant Attorneys General (11 positions)
    David Kris, National Security Division (Confirmed on March 25, 2009)
    Dawn Johnsen, Office of Legal Counsel
    Lanny Breuer, Criminal Division (Confirmed on April 20, 2009)
    Christine Varney, Antitrust Division (Confirmed on April 20, 2009)
    Tony West, Civil Division (Confirmed on April 20, 2009)
    Ronald H. Weich, Office of Legislative Affairs (Confirmed on April 29, 2009)
    Thomas E. Perez, Civil Rights Division
    Mary L. Smith, Tax Division
    Christopher Schroeder, Office of Legal Policy
    Ignacia S. Moreno, Environment and Natural Resources Division
    
  • Administrator and Deputy Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
  • Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance
  • Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Director, Community Relations Service (four-year term)
  • Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (10-year term)
  • Director, National Institute of Justice
  • Director, Office for Victims of Crime
  • Director, Office on Violence Against Women
  • Director, U.S. Marshals Service
  • Inspector General
  • Special Counsel, Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (four-year term)
  • U.S. Attorneys (93 positions, four-year term)
    
  • U.S. Marshals (94 positions, four-year term)
    
    
• Department of Homeland Security
• • Assistant Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John Morton (Confirmed on May 12, 2009)
    
  • Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Alejandro Mayorkas (Confirmed on August 7, 2009)
    
    
• Department of Commerce
• • Under Secretary, Intellectual Property/Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, David J. Kappos (Confirmed on August 7, 2009)
    
    
• Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
• • Chair (full-time, three-year term, nominated from among Commissioner members)
  • Members (part-time, three positions, three-year term)
    
    
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• • Director, R. Gil Kerlikowske (Confirmed on May 7, 2009)
    
  • Deputy Director, A. Thomas McLellan (Confirmed on August 7, 2009)
    
  • Deputy Director, Demand Reduction
  • Deputy Director, State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Benjamin B. Tucker
    
  • Deputy Director, Supply Reduction
    
    
• United States Parole Commission
• • Members (five positions, six-year term)
    Cranston Mitchell, Commissioner, (Confirmed on August 7, 2009)
    
    
• United States Sentencing Commission
• • Chair (full-time, six-year term, nominated from among Commission members)
    William K. Sessions III
    
  • Vice Chair (full-time, three positions, six-year term, designated from among Commission members)
  • Commissioners (part-time, seven positions, six-year term)
    Ketanji Brown Jackson
    
    
• State Justice Institute, Board of Directors
• • Director (part-time, 11 positions, three-year term)