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SJRES.16 - 119th Congress

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A 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.

A 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.
Status
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-02-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-02-06
Policy Area
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This resolution would change the Constitution so the U.S. Supreme Court must always have nine justices. It does not change any law right away. Instead, it proposes a constitutional amendment, which would only take effect if enough states approve it. If adopted, the amendment would set the Court’s size at nine justices and keep it that way.

  • The proposal would need approval from two-thirds of both the House and the Senate before it can move forward.
  • After that, it would have to be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.
  • The states would have seven years to approve the amendment after it is submitted.

Official Summaries

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to consist of nine Justices.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 16 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 16

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, 
 Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
  Cornyn, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Young, Mr. Banks, Mr. Hagerty, 
 Mrs. Britt, Mr. Sheehy, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Wicker) introduced the 
 following joint resolution; which was read twice and 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.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), 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:

                              ``Article--

    ``The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine 
justices.''.
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