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-40
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-15
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: 2021-04-15
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 consisting of one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 40 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 2021 Mr. Biggs (for himself, Mr. Budd , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mr. Buck , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Gohmert , and Mr. Hice of Georgia ) 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 consisting of one chief justice and eight associate justices. .