119-sjres16

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 16 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. J. RES. 16

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, 
 Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
 Cornyn, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Young, Mr. Banks, Mr. Hagerty, 
 Mrs. Britt, Mr. Sheehy, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Wicker) introduced the 
 following joint resolution; which was read twice and 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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