Justice & Court Reform
As the former chair and now ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, Congressman Johnson is the leading voice in the House on court reform -- particularly the Supreme Court. Even before the 6-3 right-wing supermajority took control of the court, Rep. Johnson proposed legislation to expand the Supreme Court (Judiciary Act); require that the justices follow a code of ethics, transparency, and recusal standards (SCERT Act); and establish term limits for justices (TERM Act). Rep. Johnson has also introduced legislation to ensure that employees of the federal judiciary have strong statutory rights and protections against discrimination and workplace misconduct (JAA).
For more on the Congressman’s work on court reform, please read below.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted to pass H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, landmark, life-saving legislation that will provide urgently-needed resources to defeat the virus, get vaccines in people's arms, put money into families' pockets, return children safely to the classroom, and put people back to work.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted to pass H.R. 5, the Equality Act, to ensure that all LGBTQ Americans are granted the full protections guaranteed by federal civil rights law. The Equality Act extends anti-discrimination protections not just in the workplace, but in every place – in employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal funding, housing and public accommodations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, re-introduced a resolution calling on Congress to award the Freedom Riders the Congressional Gold Medal.
More than 50 members of Congress – including more than a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) – joined Rep. Johnson as original cosponsors of the bill, H.R. 1348.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Courts and the Internet, held a hearing today on "The Need for New Lower Court Judgeships, 30 Years in the Making."
Congressman Joined By Reps. Schakowsky and Blunt Rochester To Introduce House Companion to Sen. Klobuchar Senate Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today the introduction of the Safe Recall Information Distributed Equitably Act (Safe RIDE Act), which would help improve passenger safety and the response rate to vehicle recall notices by ensuring vehicles used for ridesharing services get needed repairs when subject to a recall.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, February 18 at 2 PM, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, will chair a hearing on hearing on "The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket."
Chorus of Georgians To Come Together to Highlight the Essential Work of Our State's Immigrant Community
Statement of the Honorable Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr., Chair, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Hearing on "Justice Restored: Ending Forced Arbitration and Protecting Fundamental Rights" Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law
Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. | 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, February 11, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, announced that he re-introduced the FAIR Act: The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, re-establishing Americans' 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system. Rep.