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March 19, 2015

Today, U.S. House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) reintroduced H.R. 1459, the "Democracy Restoration Act of 2015." Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) yesterday introduced its Senate companion, S. 772. The bill would create uniform federal standards for returning the voting rights of ex-offenders to vote in federal elections.


March 18, 2015

House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers today introduced the Judicial Redress Act of 2015, which:


March 10, 2015

Today, several educational, legal, human rights, and media organizations filed suit to challenge the National Security Agency's "upstream collection" surveillance programs, which monitor all international Internet traffic by intercepting, copying and reviewing Americans' communications en masse by intercepting telephone and Internet traffic from major Internet cables and switches, both foreign and domestic.


March 4, 2015

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice released a report that cites the Missouri Ferguson Police Department engaged in a systemic and broad pattern of racially biased enforcement, including the use of unreasonable force against African-Americans:


February 26, 2015
Opening Statement

Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
"ISIL in America: Domestic Terror and Radicalization"
House Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Crime
Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:00am


February 25, 2015

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Ranking Member José E. Serrano, and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings issued the following statement in support of the District of Columbia's legal authority to implement its marijuana legalization initiative on Thursday:


February 25, 2015
Opening Statement

Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: The Unconstitutionality of Obama's Executive Actions on Immigration
Committee on the Judiciary

Wednesday February 25, 2015
2141 Rayburn Building