119-hjres28

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 28 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. J. RES. 28

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine 
 justices.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 22, 2025

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. 
Fleischmann, Mr. Estes, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Dunn 
 of Florida, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Rose, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Ms. 
 Van Duyne, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, 
Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Fulcher, Ms. Hageman, Mr. 
Rouzer, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Guest, Mr. Moolenaar, Mrs. Fischbach, 
 Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Moran, Mr. Buchanan, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Thompson of 
 Pennsylvania, Ms. Malliotakis, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Fry, Mr. Ezell, Mr. 
 Ogles, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Jackson 
 of Texas, Mr. Mann, Mr. Issa, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mrs. 
Harshbarger, Mr. Perry, Mr. Huizenga, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Timmons, Mr. 
 Alford, Mr. Massie, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Scott Franklin of 
Florida, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Flood, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Grothman, 
 Mrs. Bice, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Hill of 
Arkansas, Mr. Guthrie, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, 
 Mr. Lawler, Mr. Miller of Ohio, and Mr. Schmidt) submitted the 
following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary

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 JOINT RESOLUTION

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine 
 justices.

 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

 ``Article--

 ``The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine 
justices.''.
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