Memorial Supporting the Congressional Joint Resolution Proposing a Constitutional Amendment Requiring that SCOTUS Be Composed of Nine Justices

Policy Status

  • Type: Model Resolution
  • Status: Final
  • Date Introduced: December 3, 2020
  • Date Finalized: January 8, 2021

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  • Federalism and International Relations

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    • Summary

    This model resolution offers state legislatures the opportunity to express support for the Congressional 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 which would propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to limit the number of justices that can serve concurrently on the United States Supreme Court to nine.
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    Memorial Supporting the Congressional Joint Resolution Proposing a Constitutional Amendment Requiring that SCOTUS Be Composed of Nine Justices

    BE it resolved by the [INSERT LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER] of the State (or Commonwealth) of [INSERT STATE or COMMONWEALTH]:

     

    Section 1. That the Congress of the United States is directed to propose to the states the following amendment to the United States Constitution:

    “The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine Justices.”

     

    Section 2. That certified copies of this resolution be sent to the presiding officers of the Congress of the United States, to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, to the presiding officer of each chamber of each state legislature in the United States, and to the members of the Congress of the United States from [INSERT STATE/COMMONWEALTH].