Judiciary Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3422
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-17
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Judiciary Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill increases from 9 to 13 the number of Justices on the Supreme Court. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3422 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 2023 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Nadler , Mr. Schiff , Ms. Bush , Ms. Norton , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Ms. Porter , Ms. Crockett , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Kim of New Jersey , Ms. Pingree , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Schakowsky , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Beyer , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Balint , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Payne , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Torres of New York , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Takano , Mr. Casar , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Tokuda , Mrs. Ramirez , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Bowman , Ms. Meng , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Gomez , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Robert Garcia of California , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Pascrell , Ms. Chu , Mr. Carson , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Cicilline , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Omar , Mr. Thanedar , Ms. Kamlager-Dove , Mrs. Foushee , and Ms. Waters ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for twelve associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Judiciary Act of 2023 . 2. Number of justices; quorum Section 1 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking a Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a quorum and inserting a Chief Justice of the United States and twelve associate justices, any eight of whom shall constitute a quorum .