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The Times report led to a flurry of letters between the Supreme Court, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) on the court’s failure to adopt and abide by a binding ethics code, and a push from progressive groups for Congress to hold hearings on the subject.
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who have long pushed for ethics reform at the Supreme Court, have sent multiple letters to Roberts seeking information about “Operation Higher Court” and about any court investigations that may have been opened into attempts to improperly influence justices.
"The court either cannot, or will not, do what is in its own best interest," Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia, who's leading a bill that would establish an enforceable code of conduct for the justices, said during a House Judiciary Committee hearing. "Therefore, Congress must step in."
“The government has a responsibility to protect the American people’s liberties, rights, and freedoms, and this includes ensuring their marriages will always be recognized,” Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-4) said in a statement.
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), another member of the Black caucus, acknowledged the gambit was a long shot, but argued the high stakes justified the effort. The House will revert to Republican control in January, likely putting any voting rights push on ice for at least two years.
“This is our last opportunity to do something. So, the thinking is that we’ll take it as far as we can to try to get it passed,” Johnson said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) pushed for passage of H.R. 7647, the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act during a House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled, “Undue Influence: ‘Operation Higher Court’ and Politicking at SCOTUS.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), a member of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, celebrated the passage of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act. The Respect for Marriage Act repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, protects marriage equality for federal purposes, and provides additional protections at the state level.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Hank Johnson have both sent letters to the Supreme Court regarding their procedure, or lack thereof, for accountability amongst the justices. Whitehouse and Johnson join Katie Phang to discuss.
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The case that will come before the Supreme Court this week — Moore v. Harper — embodies the crossroads that we confront as a country. The obscure, strained interpretation of the Constitution that the petitioners are promoting in this case may very well attract the attention and the votes of several Supreme Court justices, if not a majority.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and the Georgia Democratic Delegation sent a letter to Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Christopher Nunn seeking answers as to “what factors led to the decision to close the Georgia Rental Assistance (GRA) program to new applications, why the decision took days for DCA to announce publicly, and what DCA plans to do with the remaining federal funds supporting the program.”