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July 14, 2026
Washington, D.C. (July 14, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Sen. Ben Ray Luján introduced the High Court Gift Ban Act, legislation to close a glaring ethics loophole that allows U.S. Supreme Court Justices to accept lavish gifts from wealthy benefactors and individuals with interests before the Court.

July 7, 2026
Washington, D.C. (July 7, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, sent a letter to the Honorable Robert J. Conrad Jr., Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, urging the Judicial Conference to prohibit federal judges, clerks, and judicial staff from participating in online prediction markets.

July 6, 2026

Washington, D.C. (July 6, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) abandoned its unprecedented trademark applications for the “Board of Peace,” a Trump-led slush fund that has been the subject of sustained oversight by Judiciary Committee Democrats:


July 1, 2026

Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.


June 30, 2026

Washington, D.C. (June 30, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on Trump and House Republicans’ attempt to coerce states into carrying out a federal mass deportation agenda, diverting essential local resources and making our communities less safe. 

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


June 30, 2026

Washington, D.C. (June 30, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on Trump’s attempt to coerce states into carrying out a federal mass-deportation agenda, diverting essential local resources and making our communities less safe. 


June 30, 2026

Washington, D.C. (June 30, 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 on how to address piracy, copyright theft, and privacy challenges in the age of artificial intelligence, when creators are increasingly being exploited as AI companies use their work without consent or compensation.


June 30, 2026

Washington, D.C. (June 30, 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 on how to address piracy, copyright theft, and privacy challenges in the age of artificial intelligence, when creators are increasingly being exploited as AI companies use their work without consent or compensation.


June 30, 2026

Washington, D.C. (June 30, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court released its decision in Trump v. Barbara: