; Whereas in 1963, in his decision in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education, Judge Johnson ordered the desegregation of public schools in Alabama, the first statewide desegregation order of public schools in the Nation; Whereas in 1965, in his decision in Williams v. Wallace, Judge Johnson blocked Governor George Wallace’s prohibition in Alabama of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights; Whereas in 1966, in his decision in White v. Crook, Judge Johnson ruled that the State of Alabama must grant African-Americans the right to serve on juries; Whereas in 1970, in his decision in Smith v. YMCA of Montgomery, Judge Johnson ordered the desegregation of the Montgomery chapter of the YMCA; Whereas in 1974, in his decision in U.S. v. Dothard, Judge Johnson ordered that the Alabama Department of Public Safety stop systematically excluding African-Americans from employment within its agency; Whereas in 1974, in his decision in Doe v. Plyler, Judge Johnson struck down a law that imposed a tuition of $1,000 on the children of undocumented immigrants; Whereas in 1995, Judge Johnson, in recognition of his decisions and service in pursuit of justice and equality for all, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton; Whereas the insight and constitutional judgment of Judge Johnson was invaluable and aided the Supreme Court as it recognized the violations and injustices in the Nation during the civil rights movement; Whereas the Supreme Court upheld and utilized the wisdom from many of Judge Johnson’s decisions; and Whereas it is evident that the civil rights movement would have been at a great disadvantage if someone without Judge Johnson’s judicious temperament, constitutional mindset, and dedication to rule of law had served in his stead: Now, therefore, be it