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: 117-hjres-43
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-04-22
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Judges

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution requiring the Supreme Court to be composed of nine Justices. If the size of the Supreme Court is increased to more than nine Justices before ratification of this amendment, those additional offices are void.</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 43 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 2021 Mr. Green of Tennessee 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: — 1. The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices, though one or more of these nine offices may be vacant until filled. 2. If the size of the Supreme Court has been increased to more than nine justices before this amendment is ratified, upon the ratification of this amendment, those additional offices are void. 3. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. .