Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to ensure that an Act of Congress that increases the number of judges comprising the Supreme Court may not take effect before the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of such Act.

Bill: 116-hjres-96
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2020-09-29
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Judges

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to prevent any act that increases the number of justices on the Supreme Court from taking effect for 10 years following its enactment.</p>

tv_txt: IA 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 96 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 29, 2020 Mr. Collins of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Smucker , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mr. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma , Mr. Waltz , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. John W. Rose of Tennessee , Mr. Allen , Mr. Buck , and Mr. Crawford ) 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 ensure that an Act of Congress that increases the number of judges comprising the Supreme Court may not take effect before the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of such Act.

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: — An Act of Congress that increases the number of judges comprising the Supreme Court may not take effect before the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of such Act. .