A 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.

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to require that the Supreme Court consist of nine justices.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 76 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 583
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 76

  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

                            October 19, 2020

   Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Ms. McSally, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. 
  Loeffler, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Daines, Mr. Portman, Ms. 
 Ernst, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Lee, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Grassley) introduced 
     the following joint resolution; which was read the first time

                            November 9, 2020

          Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

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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.''.




                                                       Calendar No. 583

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                             S. J. RES. 76

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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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 9, 2020

          Read for the second time and placed on the calendar