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<dc:title>118 HJ 1 IH: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-01-09</dc:date>
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<congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress>
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<legis-num display="yes">H. J. RES. 1</legis-num>
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
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<action-date date="20230109">January 9, 2023</action-date>
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001302">Mr. Biggs</sponsor> submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc>
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<official-title display="yes">Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.</official-title>
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<section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="H7570AE8714294128875BE359477B5919"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD17E8A899C243DAAFC740BD0B28C993" style="traditional"><constitution-article id="HA4903394930B482D943D4671BBF4246B"><enum> —</enum> <section id="HA8C73DBFFB2F4906A714207045426599" section-type="undesignated-section"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices consisting of one chief justice and eight associate justices.</text></section></constitution-article><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
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