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

Rep. Johnson protects Americans’ privacy as immigration reform moves forward
June 28, 2013
Press Release
Congressman’s bipartisan amendment prevents government from using personal information for surveillance.
Issues: Justice & Court Reform
Rep. Hank Johnson’s statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder decision
June 25, 2013
Press Release
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Shelby County v. Holder that invalidates Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act.
Issues: Justice & Court Reform
Rep. Johnson attends Frederick Douglass statue unveiling at Capitol
June 19, 2013
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) joined members of Congress and Nettie Washington Douglass, the great-great granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, at the U.S Capitol for the unveiling of the statue honoring Mr. Douglass in Emancipation Hall. June 19 is Juneteenth/Emancipation Day commemorating the end of slavery.

Issues: Justice & Court Reform
Declaración del Congresista Hank Johnson sobre la divulgación del programa de vigilancia telefónica NSA
June 14, 2013
EN ESPAÑOL

WASHINGTON, DC - El congresista Hank Johnson (D-GA) emitió hoy la siguiente declaración tras la divulgación del programa secreto de vigilancia telefónica de la Agencia Nacional de Seguridad que ha recogido los registros telefónicos de decenas de millones de clientes estadounidenses de Verizon, una de las compañías telefónicas más grandes del país, a raíz de una orden judicial clasificada secreta.

Issues: Justice & Court Reform
Rep. Hank Johnson's E-Newsletter for Friday, June 7, 2013
June 12, 2013
e-Newsletters

Dear friends,

My staff and I had a productive week during the Memorial Day work period. I had the pleasure of visiting the Mitcham Cattle Co. and strawberry farm to discuss agricultural issues, host a senior citizen meet & greet in Newton County to discuss federal benefits and services, attended DeKalb County Commissioner Stan Watson’s Saturday morning legislative meeting on veterans’ issues and homeownership and discuss labor issues at the International Association of Machinists’ 125-year anniversary celebration.

Issues: Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Consumer Protection Economy and Jobs Environment Justice & Court Reform National Security and Foreign Policy Seniors and Social Security
Rep. Hank Johnson’s statement on disclosure of the NSA telephone surveillance program
June 7, 2013
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) today issued the following statement following disclosure of the secret National Security Agency telephone surveillance program that has collected the telephone records of tens of millions of American customers of Verizon, one of the nation’s largest phone companies, under a top-secret court order.

Issues: Justice & Court Reform National Security and Foreign Policy
Rep. Johnson helps secure HBCU funds in NDAA
June 6, 2013
Press Release
Rep. Johnson's key amendment increased science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) funding for HBCU’s by $5 million.
Issues: Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Education Justice & Court Reform
Rep. Johnson partners with city halls to provide constituent service
June 5, 2013
Press Release
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that he is partnering with local city governments to provide better constituent services to Fourth District residents.
Issues: Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Justice & Court Reform Seniors and Social Security
Rep. Hank Johnson's statement for the Judiciary Hearing on Oversight of the Justice Department
May 15, 2013
Press Release
I strongly believe that Congress must protect the free flow of information and ideas under the First Amendment.
Issues: Justice & Court Reform
Hank, CBC join fight against sky-high rates on prison phone calls
April 25, 2013
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) were joined by former prisoners and their family members to expose exorbitant rates that prisoners are being charged for telephone calls.

Issues: Justice & Court Reform
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