Support modernizing the federal court records system and making federal court records freely available to the public.

Open Courts Act : Modernizes the federal judiciary’s court records system (called CM/ECF) & makes court records freely available to the public (PACER);

Johnson's court-reform slate includes legislation to modernize CM/ECF and make PACER records free to the public.

Congressman Johnson Introduces Historic Bill To Prevent Judges, Justices From Trading Stocks | Congressman Hank Johnson
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.5

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“introduced by Representative Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. ... would modernize the federal judiciary’s court records systems ... and would eliminate the paywall”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Johnson backed the commitment through the Open Courts Act effort, but this is evidence of legislative effort rather than enactment or completed implementation.

unresolved unknown A for effort

OpenCourts21Summary.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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“Access to case information costs $0.10 per page.”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The federal judiciary’s current PACER page still lists per-page access charges, so free public access to federal court records has not been fully delivered as of the refresh window.

unresolved unknown

Public Access to Court Electronic Records | PACER: Federal Court Records
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%