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: 119-hjres-28
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-01-22
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Judges

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to consist of nine Justices. </p>

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 28 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2025 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Estes , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Dunn of Florida , Ms. Foxx , Mr. Rose , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Feenstra , Mr. Harrigan , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mrs. Cammack , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Finstad , Mr. Fulcher , Ms. Hageman , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Yakym , Mr. Guest , Mr. Moolenaar , Mrs. Fischbach , Mr. Rutherford , Mr. Moran , Mr. Buchanan , Ms. Letlow , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Ms. Malliotakis , Mrs. Houchin , Mr. Fry , Mr. Ezell , Mr. Ogles , Mr. Ciscomani , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. Jackson of Texas , Mr. Mann , Mr. Issa , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Amodei of Nevada , Mrs. Harshbarger , Mr. Perry , Mr. Huizenga , Ms. De La Cruz , Mr. Timmons , Mr. Alford , Mr. Massie , Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mr. Aderholt , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Rogers of Kentucky , Mr. Flood , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Garbarino , Mr. Donalds , Mr. Grothman , Mrs. Bice , Mr. LaLota , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Calvert , Mr. Hill of Arkansas , Mr. Guthrie , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. Lawler , Mr. Miller of Ohio , and Mr. Schmidt ) 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. .