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
GA Reps. Johnson and Collins seek Congressional Gold Medal for civil rights ‘heroes who risked their lives to make America better’ – 136 colleagues agree.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Black History Month, Congressmen Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Doug Collins (GA-09) introduced a bipartisan resolution this week calling on Congress to award the Freedom Riders the Congressional Gold Medal.
More than 135 members of Congress from both sides of the aisle joined Reps. Johnson and Collins to cosponsor the bill, H.R. 671.
Congressman Johnson’s video message for Black History Month 2015, click HERE.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Seventy years ago, countless Jewish people were liberated from concentration camps -- camps with the sole purpose of exterminating an entire people and their culture. Holocaust survivors have shown incredible strength and resiliency, all while bearing some of the most awful memories imaginable.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Before Republicans suddenly pulled H.R. 399, Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015, this week, the bill had a provision buried on page 78 that would expand the Pentagon’s 1033 Program to our nation’s borders.
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The Pentagon’s “1033” program transfers billions of dollars of excess Department of Defense (DOD) equipment to law enforcement agencies without any Congressional oversight or local community input.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Responding to calls that the nation’s grand jury system is broken when police are investigated for the killing of civilians, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today re-introduced the “Grand Jury Reform Act, H.R. 429.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) today issued the following statement following President Obama’s State of the Union address.
“What we saw tonight was a positive, upbeat speech. America has a hard-earned right to that optimism thanks to the grit and determination of citizens across the country. Six years after President Obama inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, our economy is growing and the nation has created more than nine million new jobs, and it’s primed to create more.
Congressman announces bill in Hip Hop Caucus event on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Jan. 21, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) will announce the re-introduction of his Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015.
I'm proud to represent Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District – home to DeKalb, Rockdale, Gwinnett and Newton counties and a small, but mighty city immortalized in Dr. King’s legendary “I Have A Dream” speech – “Stone Mountain of Georgia.”
More than a half a century ago, a young preacher called a generation to action and forever changed the course of history.
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. devoted his life to justice and equality, sowing seeds of hope for a day when all people might claim “the riches of freedom and the security of justice.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that the first two major votes of the 114th Congress he cast were to protect Americans access to healthcare and safeguard the environment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the closing days of the 113th Congress, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the “Police Accountability Act” – H.R. 5831 – which would expand the Department of Justice’s authority to investigate wrongdoing by police by making it a federal crime for police officers to commit first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, and other violent crimes.