Judiciary
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) last week wrote to Governor Bill Haslam asking him to consider potential clemency for Cyntoia Brown, a juvenile victim of sex trafficking convicted of murder as an adult and currently serving a life sentence.
The letter, sent December 10, can be seen here.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, announced today his intention to reintroduce his constitutional amendment to limit the President's pardon power when the new Congress convenes in January.
MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen, the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, issued the following statement in response to President Trump's firing of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and appointment of Sessions' Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General:
Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN) sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) calling for emergency hearings on hate crimes and domestic terrorism in the
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, today praised the use of DNA evidence to win a conviction against the perpetrator of an 18-year-old rape that occurred in southwest Memphis.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen late yesterday sent a letter to the Shelby County Election Commission about its procedures for processing applications following the Commission's assertion that 55 percent of the voter applications it had received were invalid. Congressman Cohen is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Voting Rights Act.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) expressed disappointment at today's Senate confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) spoke from the well of the House this afternoon to say that "the soul of the country is in jeopardy and in question" over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and accusations against him of sexual assault. See his remarks here.
"She should be given respect and there should be an attempt to find the truth…But…they don't want to know the truth. They fear the truth."
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) received a 100 percent score from the government watchdog group Common Cause on Wednesday after it assessed 15 measures involving money in politics, voting rights, Net Neutrality, overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, presidential conflicts of interest and abuse of power, and redistricting reform. See the scorecard here. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: