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. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet (IP), held a hearing today on the growing problem of "snap" removals to federal court, a new tactic that has emerged in the often high-stakes fight to move litigation from state to federal court. When a lawsuit is filed in state court, a defendant may try to "remove" the case to federal court by invoking the courts' diversity jurisdiction. The following is Congressman Johnson's opening statement.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Even as President Trump traveled to Atlanta last week to, in part, tout his tax break program called Opportunity Zones, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) was introducing the Opportunity Zone Fairness and Inclusion Act, H.R. 4999, to bring inclusion, diversity, and fairness to the administration's development program.
By Tamar Hallerman and Tia Mitchell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Democrats touted a recent federal ruling that said the House Judiciary Committee was entitled to view grand jury materials from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, effectively ruling that the impeachment inquiry was legal.
The ruling, said U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, "affirms the fact that there's no requirement that we take a vote, but (Pelosi's move to schedule a vote) is just a ratcheting up of what we're doing in the eyes of the public."
DECATUR — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) has commissioned more than 30 local officials and representatives to serve as a Complete Count Committee to help spread the word about the importance of the 2020 U.S. Census.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on three DACA cases on November 12th and could determine whether Dreamers lose the ability to live and work in the United States in early 2020. In Georgia, there are over 21,000 DACA recipients whose lives would be thrown into chaos if the DACA program ends.
DECATUR, GA – Senior Judiciary Committee member and Chairman of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after learning of the passing of former Congressman John Conyers Jr. of Detroit:
Dear Friends,
Thank you to everyone who attended our town halls this month in Conyers and Covington or who tuned in on our Facebook live feed. We had four successful town halls in every county in the Fourth District, and I thank everyone who participated. We had four excellent discussions on the issues of the day. I'll be conducting telephone town halls in the near future, and we're holding a Twitter town hall on Nov. 6 from 3:30-4:40 PM. I'll have more details on those upcoming town halls soon.
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) has commissioned more than 30 local officials and representatives to serve as a Complete Count Committee to help spread the word about the importance of the 2020 U.S. Census.
DECATUR, GA—Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) has commissioned more than 30 local officials and representatives to serve as a Complete Count Committee to help spread the word about the importance of the 2020 U.S. Census.