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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by Tommy Christopher
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen testified before the House Judiciary Committee, and while Nielsen continued to deny the existence of the family separation policy that Trump ended under tremendous public pressure, she did generously allow that "illegal immigrants are humans."
By:Sophia Choi, Audrey Washington
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County Officer Edgar Flores paid the ultimate price when he was shot and killed in the line of duty. Today, the community honored his sacrifice, one day after he would have turned 25.
Congressman asks hard-hitting questions on family separation, administration's failure to properly track the children and reunite them with their families
By:By Ariel Hart Tamar Hallerman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, stressed the popularity of the law's protections as a reason Democrats won back control of the House.
"This 2018 campaign, which yielded Democrats 40 more seats, was premised upon in large part protecting and improving the protections of the Affordable Care Act, and I expect that's what the House of Representatives under Democratic leadership is pass legislation to do just that," he said. He called the decision "a fit of judicial activism."
By Tamar Hallerman-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WASHINGTON —Some of Georgia's top Republican elected officials, agricultural organizations and business development groups cheered the Trump administration's move Tuesday to roll back a sweeping Obama-era clean water regulation aimed at protecting tributaries to navigable waterways.
By Cat Zakrzewski
Another issue likely to be top of mind for Democrats: Tougher mandates for companies to notify consumers when they are breached. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) asked Pichai how Americans can trust their personally identifiable information is safe with Google -- which announced on Monday it had a security bug on its Google service that may have affected the personal information of about 52 million people.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet (IP), today questioned Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the importance of consumers' digital privacy in the online ecosystem. The following is a transcript of his exchange in Judiciary Committee hearing: "Transparency & Accountability: Examining Google and its Data Collection, Use, and Filtering Practices."
To watch video, click HERE.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today was elected Secretary of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).
His term begins January 3, 2019 and lasts through the 116th Congress – ending Dec. 31, 2020. The Secretary of the CBC keeps minutes of all meetings, maintains a file of all official documents and records, ensures members are notified of meetings and works in conjunction with the chair to sign or endorse any agreements, checks, drafts or notes on behalf of the CBC.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Democratic Caucus votes on Wednesday to elect its leaders for the 116th Congress, Rep. Johnson fully endorsed Leader Nancy Pelosi as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives in a letter to his colleagues.
See the letter here.
H.Res. 1055 calls for full implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations