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.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 1 Introduced in House (IH)]

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

  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 3, 2025

 Mr. Biggs of Arizona 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 consisting of one chief justice and eight associate
justices.''.
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