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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.

119th Congress

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Introduced

January 22, 2025

Latest Action

January 22, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Dusty JohnsonRepublican(SD)

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Summary

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to consist of nine Justices.

Subjects (3)

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Judges

Supreme Court

Actions (2)

January 22, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

January 22, 2025

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Judiciary Committee	House	Referred To	January 22, 2025

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	January 22, 2025	XML

Cosponsors (108)

Name	Party	State
Abraham J. Hamadeh	Republican	AZ
Addison P. McDowell	Republican	NC
Adrian Smith	Republican	NE

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
SJRES 16	119th	Identical bill

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Sources: Congress.gov