Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, elected to the post in 2023, and represents Louisiana's 4th district. He is one of the few legislative-branch individuals in the archive; entries naming him concern the conduct of the House itself, including scheduling and procedure, rather than executive action.
2026 Events (3)
Louisiana Gov. Landry signed Act 814 replacing 'gender' with 'sex' throughout state law and defining sex as binary and biological
On June 8, 2026, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed HB578, the "Restoring Biological Truth Act," into law as Act No. 814, replacing references to "gender" with "sex" throughout Louisiana statute and defining sex as a binary, immutable biological characteristic. The law, authored by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Pineville) and modeled on President Trump's federal executive order of the same name, provides that "gender identity and other subjective terms shall not be used as synonyms or substitutes for sex." Critics said the measure erases transgender and nonbinary people from state law and strips their legal recognition; the act takes effect August 1, 2026.
Trump White House backed taxpayer-funded 'Rededicate 250' worship service on National Mall
On May 17, 2026, the Trump White House backed an all-day evangelical worship service — "Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving" — on the National Mall, funded through a mix of taxpayer dollars and private donations. President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared by video, and House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed the crowd in person alongside religious leaders. Church-state separation advocates and constitutional-law scholars said the federal government's endorsement and partial funding of an explicitly Christian worship service on federal land raised First Amendment Establishment Clause concerns.
House Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed impeaching judges Boasberg and Boardman over their rulings against Trump
House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a Capitol news conference on January 21, 2026 that he supports impeaching U.S. District Judges James Boasberg and Deborah Boardman, calling their rulings against the Trump administration "egregious abuses" and saying "extreme times call for extreme measures." His remarks endorsed an impeachment campaign already underway among House and Senate Republicans, including articles Rep. Brandon Gill had filed against Boasberg and a Senate hearing Sen. Ted Cruz had convened arguing both judges violated their constitutional duties.
2025 Events (1)
Speaker Johnson withholds swearing-in of Rep.-elect Grijalva, conditioning seating on unrelated shutdown vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who had won Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election in late September 2025, conditioning her seating on Senate Democrats agreeing to reopen the government during a shutdown. Johnson's demand was unrelated to Grijalva's election — the conditioning denied 813,000 Arizona constituents their elected representative and transformed a ministerial constitutional duty into political leverage. On October 21, 2025, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Grijalva filed a federal lawsuit demanding Johnson immediately fulfill his duty to seat her.