[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 55 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 55

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  require that Federal district court judges be reconfirmed every ten 
  years by the executive and legislative authorities of the State in 
                           which they serve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2003

  Mr. Culberson 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 
  require that Federal district court judges be reconfirmed every ten 
  years by the executive and legislative authorities of the State in 
                           which they serve.

    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 --

    ``Each judge of a court of general original jurisdiction 
established under article III of this Constitution that sits in a State 
shall cease to hold office unless, at least once every ten years after 
that judge's appointment, the legislative and executive authorities of 
that State, at such times and in such manner as each State shall by law 
provide for, approve the continuation in office of that judge.''.
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