[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S.J. Res. 16 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 16

  Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish limited judicial 
                            terms of office.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 1999

  Mr. Smith of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Helms) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish limited judicial 
                            terms of office.

    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:

                              ``Article--

    ``The Chief Justice and the judges of both the Supreme Court and 
the inferior courts shall hold their offices for the term of ten years. 
They shall be eligible for nomination and, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, for appointment by the President to additional 
terms. This article shall not apply to any Chief Justice or judge who 
was appointed before it becomes operative.''.
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