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.

Bill: 116-hjres-95
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2020-09-24
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Judges

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to require that the Supreme Court consist of nine justices.</p>

tv_txt: IA 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 95 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 24, 2020 Mr. Peterson (for himself and Mr. Riggleman ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

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: — The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices. .