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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Congressman scores leadership post on Judiciary subcommittee charged with administration of federal courts, intellectual property and the internet
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced Wednesday that he was elected by his peers to lead the Judiciary Subcommittee – Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet.
"I am honored to be named chairman of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet," said Johnson.
Congressman ushers two bills – one to modernize the Federal Charter for the FFA and the other on overcriminalization – through House
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) managed two bills on the House floor that passed the House of Representatives by voice vote.
The first bill, H.R. 439, the "National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendment's Act," is a bipartisan effort to update and modernize the Federal Charter for the National FFA Organization.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, today condemned the shooting death of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who was killed late Wednesday in Ghana's capital Accra.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) joined House Democrats to take action to protect Georgians health care by passing a resolution that strengthens Congress's hand to intervene against the Republicans' monstrous Texas v. U.S. lawsuit, which seeks to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act and its life-saving protections, including for the 4,316,000 in Georgia with pre-existing conditions.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Department of the Treasury and IRS appropriations bill to remove all doubt that hard-working Georgians will receive their tax refunds in full and on time. Each year, about 3,644,655 households receive an average tax return of about $2,814 which will remain in jeopardy as long as the President and Senate Republicans refuse to end the Trump Shutdown and fully re-open IRS.
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."