WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) announced his appointment as Vice-Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the Administration of the U.S. Courts, the Federal Rules of Evidence, Civil and Appellate Procedure, judicial ethics, patent, trademark law, and information technology.

“I’m honored to be named Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, which has jurisdiction over many of the most important facets of our society and our democracy,” said Congressman Jones. “Over the past four years, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and their GOP allies have led a hostile takeover of our courts, from the Supreme Court on down. To break the far right’s grip on the federal courts and get our democracy working for the people again, we must press forward with reforms – including court expansion. As Vice Chair of the subcommittee of jurisdiction, I’ll work to ensure we do.”

Congressman Jones has also been appointed to the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, which has jurisdiction over bankruptcy and commercial law, bankruptcy judgeships, administrative law, independent counsel, state taxation affecting interstate commerce, interstate compacts, and antitrust matters.