Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today offered an amendment to the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 – a medical malpractice reform initiative – at a House Judiciary Committee markup. The Cohen amendment would remove the $250,000 cap on punitive damages for wrong-site, wrong-side, and wrong-patient procedures, and when a foreign object is left inside the patient. This markup was a continuation of a markup that began last week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced Jane’s Law, a bipartisan measure that was crafted to close a legal loophole that enables people to avoid paying court-ordered property distributions by crossing state lines. The measure was named after Jane Maharam, who has been fighting since 1983 to force her ex-husband to return her assets and obey court orders.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced legislation he authored to provide school personnel – principals, teachers, counselors and other student support staff -- with training that would give them the skills they need to help reduce youth incarceration.
WASHINGTON D.C. – This week Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He will serve as ranking member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. He previously chaired this subcommittee in the 111th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Judge Bernice Donald for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The Memphian Judge currently serves as a United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, a position she’s held for 15 years.
MEMPHIS, TN – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was given the prestigious Tennessee Equal Justice 2010 Legislative Leadership Award by Memphis Area Legal Services for his work to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and for working to address racial and ethnic disparities in the federal criminal justice system.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) recently sent a letter to Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) expressing its support for legislation he authored – the Citizen Participation Act (H.R. 4364). The measure would provide uniform protection against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, also known as SLAPP suits, which are used to silence and harass critics.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed for the second time this Congress legislation Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) authored – the Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage (SPEECH) Act – that protects American authors, journalists and publishers from foreign defamation judgments that undermine the First Amendment and American due process standards. The measure, which the Senate amended and passed last week, now heads to President Obama to be signed into law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed for the second time this Congress legislation Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) authored – the Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage (SPEECH) Act – that protects American authors, journalists and publishers from foreign defamation judgments that undermine the First Amendment and American due process standards. The measure, which the Senate amended and passed last week, now heads to President Obama to be signed into law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today voted to support the SPILL Act, legislation he cosponsored to reform maritime liability laws -- the Death on the High Seas Act, the Jones Act and the Limitation on Liability Act -- to ensure that the families of those killed or injured in the BP Oil Spill and other such tragedies are justly compensated for their losses.