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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and U.S.

Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a trio of bills aimed at confronting the Supreme Court’s growing use of unexplained “shadow docket” orders, increasing transparency in how cases are selected for review, and clarifying federal court jurisdiction in monetary claims against the United States.

Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led committee Democrats in exposing House Republicans’ ridiculous charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a blatant attempt to intimidate progressive institutions and attack and disenfranchise Black and Brown Americans.

Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet hearing condemning the decades of right-wing politicization, corruption and dark money that have led Americans to lose trust in the Supreme Court.

Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks at today’s hearing.
 

Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2026)—Today, Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing condemning the decades of right-wing politicization, corruption and dark money that have led Americans to lose trust in the Supreme Court.

Below are Ranking Member Johnson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing.