[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 40 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 40

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
permit Congress to grant power to the Supreme Court to remove judges in 
                             certain cases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Sensenbrenner introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
permit Congress to grant power to the Supreme Court to remove judges in 
                             certain cases.

    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 Congress may by law provide that the Supreme Court may remove 
from office any judge of a court ordained and established under article 
III of this Constitution, if the Supreme Court determines that such 
judge has been convicted in a Federal court of a criminal offense.''.

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