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 bill proposes a constitutional amendment to require the U.S. Supreme Court to have exactly nine justices. Currently, Congress sets the Court's size through legislation, but this amendment would make the nine-justice structure a permanent requirement in the Constitution. It would need ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures within seven years to become part of the Constitution. If adopted, it would prevent Congress from changing the Court's size via ordinary legislation.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 22, 2023
Last action Mar 22, 2023
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Committee
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Mar 22, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Ted Cruz
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Eric Schmitt
RRepublican
Co
James E. Risch
RRepublican
Co
John Boozman
RRepublican
Co
John Kennedy
RRepublican
Co
Josh Hawley
RRepublican
Co
Katie Boyd Britt
RRepublican
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
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