What is the role of the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence?

Judge Furman: The advisory committee itself has an interesting history unlike the other advisory committees on the rules of procedure. While an Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence was established in the 1960s to study and draft the first set of rules of evidence, it was dissolved after they were enacted. The Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence was formed again in 1993 and has been evaluating possible amendments to the rules ever since.

Today, our committee is the first line of discussion and consideration of suggestions from the bench, bar, academia, Congress, and the public to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence. We carefully consider these suggestions in public meetings so anyone can see our deliberative process.…