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).
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced his support of H.R. 51 – a bill admitting the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, named in honor of the great American statesman and nation's foremost abolitionist Frederick Douglass, into the Union as the 51st state and give it voting representation in the Congress and full local self-government.
Watch Rep. Johnson's floor speech HERE
The bill was introduced by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and has 227 cosponsors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced his support of H.R. 51 – a bill admitting the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, named in honor of the great American statesman and nation's foremost abolitionist Frederick Douglass, into the Union as the 51st state and give it voting representation in the Congress and full local self-government.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mr./Madame Speaker, I rise in support of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act because BLACK. LIVES. MATTER.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/GB_f78FW_nE
Police killed George Floyd over a counterfeit $20 dollar bill, as if his life didn't matter. Police in Atlanta, Georgia, killed Rayshard Brooks for running away — as if his life didn't matter.
Chairman Johnson of the Courts Subcommittee Explores How the Federal Courts Have Operated During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Best Practices, Opportunities for Innovation, and Lessons for the Future
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) chaired his Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet's hearing on the Federal Courts During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Best Practices, Opportunities for Innovation, and Lessons for the Future.
House Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Hearing on "Federal Courts During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Best Practices, Opportunities for Innovation, and Lessons for the Future"
June 25, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Congressman: This is not what fair administration of justice looks like. Investigations must be opened based on facts, not political vendettas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of the Department of Justice: Political Interference and Threats to Prosecutorial Independence, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) exposes a disturbing pattern of abuse of power within the Administration during his questioning of John W. Elias, trial attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
11 Alive News
America is awakened to the reality that far too many Black lives do not matter.
View the video here.
By Dean Hesse, contributor
Stone Mountain, GA — More than 100 people took part in the city of Stone Mountain's March for Social Justice June 20.
The march was organized by city of Stone Mountain Mayor Pro Tem Chakira Johnson who said, "I organized the March for Social Justice in Stone Mountain after all the turmoil in America, with the most recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks.
By Lindsey McPherson
‘In the minds of the public'
The bill also includes language from another senior Judiciary Democrat, Hank Johnson of Georgia, to limit the types of military equipment that can be transferred to local law enforcement. Johnson said he's introduced the bill every Congress since 2014 but it wasn't until the protests after Floyd's death, when police lined the streets with military-grade weapons, that "it popped up front and center in the minds of the public."
As part of the Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability on June 10, Rep. Johnson, a senior member of the Committee, highlighted the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, change the culture of law enforcement and build trust between law enforcement and our communities.
View the CSPAN video here.