{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnsons-statement-end-scotus-2025-2026-term", "Congressman Johnson\u2019s Statement on End of SCOTUS 2025-2026 Term", "2026-07-02", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Henry C. \"Hank\" Johnson, Jr.", "J000288", "hankjohnson.house.gov", "hankjohnson", "https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts Ranking Member Hank Johnson Released the Following Statement at the Conclusion of the Supreme Court\u2019s Recent Term\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 \u201cAs America marks 250 years of independence from imperialist governance, with growing alarm we are witnessing the most activist Supreme Court in our nation\u2019s history, as it reshapes our democracy into a plutocracy.\n\n\u201cWhile this just-ended term brings a temporary pause to the Roberts Court\u2019s continued assault on Congressional authority, there can be no doubt that this Supreme Court will continue its power grab transition into a \u201csuper legislature\u201d, as it vests more and more power upon the most corrupt president in world history.\n\n\u201cMitch McConnell and the Federalist Society have built a Court that has upset the delicate system of checks and balances between the three co-equal branches of government, which has left democracy for all hanging by a thread.\n\n\u201cTo ensure the survival of American democracy, we must bring reform to a reckless and hyper-partisan United States Supreme Court. Calls for reforming the court with commonsense policies such as term limits, a binding and enforceable code of conduct and transparency and accountability measures will continue to grow as the 6-3 MAGA majority rush to remake our society and government in their pro-corporate, pro-authoritarian executive dogmatic vision.\u201d", 1, "2026-07-03T08:00:00Z", "2026-07-03T08:01:30Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hankjohnson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-johnsons-statement-end-scotus-2025-2026-term"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9405710734426975, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}