This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to require that the Supreme Court consist of nine Justices.
Calendar No.  8
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 9

  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 25, 2021

 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
Boozman, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Portman, Mr. Grassley, 
  Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cotton, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Daines, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
 Barrasso, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following joint 
               resolution; which was read the first time

                             March 1, 2021

            Read 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.  8

117th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              S. J. RES. 9

_______________________________________________________________________

                            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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 1, 2021

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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.
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.
Official Titles - Senate
Official Title as Introduced
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.
Sen. Cruz, Ted