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.
More on Justice & Court Reform
Congressmen introduce Bivens Act That Would Allow Citizens to Recover Damages for Constitutional Violations by Federal Officials
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Introduces Senate companion
The Criminal Judicial Administration Act would authorize the U.S. Marshals Service to pay for round-trip travel and subsistence for defendants who cannot afford to pay the costs on their own.
Members Request Efforts to Prevent and Address Workplace Misconduct; Report Finds Judiciary’s system has no performance measures and conducts no evaluations of the efficacy of its workplace misconduct protocols
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and the chairman of the Court Reform Now Taskforce, issued the following statement applauding the Biden Administration’s announcement in support of key reforms to the Supreme Court:
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, speaks at a news conference in front of the Supreme Court on Thursday, July 25, 2024.
Call for passage of Judiciary Act to restore Court’s legitimacy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Supreme Court’s decision today in Trump v. The United States on former president Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election, House Judiciary Courts Subcommittee Ranking Member and Chair of the Court Reform Now Taskforce Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Supreme Court’s decision today in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, which overturned the decades-old precedent of deference toward federal agency decision making that the Court announced in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, House Judiciary Courts Subcommittee Ranking Member Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement:
New reports of additional undisclosed gifts raise questions about the accuracy of Justice Thomas’s latest financial disclosure amendment and why he has not further amended his prior disclosure reports
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following new reporting that yet another flag symbolizing support for Donald Trump was flown at Justice Samuel Alito’s home – this time his vacation home in the summer of 2023 – the House Court Reform Now Task Force sent the following letter to the Justice demanding that he recuse from any further participation in the case of Trump v. United States and other cases related to January 6 and the 2020 election. The letter is led by Courts Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep.