[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 62 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 62

  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

                             July 28, 2005

 Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, 
  Mr. Duncan, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Goode, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Herger, Mr. Sam 
 Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, 
  Mr. Marchant, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Poe, Mr. Tancredo, and Mr. Wilson of 
 South Carolina) 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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