[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 4 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 4

   Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of not 
                         more than 9 justices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2021

  Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Young, Mr. 
 Romney, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Toomey, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Portman, 
 Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Braun) introduced the following joint resolution; 
  which was read twice and 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 the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of not 
                         more than 9 justices.

Now, therefore, be it
    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 by the Congress:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The Supreme Court of the United States shall be 
composed of not more than 9 justices.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.''.
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